Sockwell v. State

429 S.W.2d 460 (1968)

Douglas Ray SOCKWELL, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 41175.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 10, 1968.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 1968.

Second Rehearing Denied July 17, 1968.

Jack L. Beezley, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Arch Pardue, Tom Reese, Ronald W. Chapman, William S. Mason, Jr., and Kerry P. FitzGerald, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The offense is murder without malice, under Art. 802c Vernon's Ann.P.C.; the punishment, three years and six months.

Ground…