Vaughn v. State

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

Buster Northern was made infamous and judges became timorous 1 some thirty years ago by the backlash of Northern v. State, 150 Tex.Cr.R. 511, 203 S.W.2d 206 (1947). 2 Now, appealing from a conviction for the offense of murder and a life sentence, in what is surely the most audacious bit of advocacy in recent times, appellant cites and would have us follow Northern. We decline the invitation and today mark the previously unheralded demise of Northern.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of murder wherein the jury assessed appellant’s punishment at…