Baldridge v. State

543 S.W.2d 639 (1976)

Leo Vernon BALDRIDGE and Murray Baugh, Appellants,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 51922.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 1, 1976.

Robert J. Newton, Freeport, for appellants.

Ogden Bass, Dist. Atty. and Thomas W. Watson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Angleton, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty. and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

BROWN, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from convictions for murder with malice under the former penal code. Appellants were jointly tried before a jury which assessed punishment for each man at life in the Texas…