Gauntt v. State

335 S.W.2d 616 (1960)

Donald GAUNTT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 31383.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 16, 1960.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1960.

Matthews, Aultman & Riley, by Ronald Aultman and Randell C. Riley, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Doug Crouch, Crim. Dist. Atty., A. D. Downer, Frank D. Coffey, Albert F. Fick, Jr., Asst. Criminal Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 99 years.

The State's evidence shows that on the date alleged, the deceased was shot and killed in a…