Legal Opinion
De Vault v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 2, 1953No. 26586Published
1Opinion of the Court
264 S.W.2d 126 (1954)
DE VAULT
v.
STATE.
No. 26586.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
December 2, 1953.
Rehearing Denied February 3, 1954.
William H. Scott, Jr., Thos. M. Mobley, Houston, for appellant.
William H. Scott, Dist. Atty., King C. Haynie, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Wesley Dice, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.
MORRISON, Judge.
The offense is murder; the punishment, twenty years.
State witnesses Lewis and Stewart testified that deceased and appellant were seated on stools at a bar on the night in question; that words ensued between them; that deceased left the bar and went into a…
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