Legal Opinion
Creel v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 18, 1973No. 46035PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACKSON, Commissioner.
Appellant was convicted on a plea of not guilty of murder with malice by a jury; the punishment, life.
The indictment charged in proper form the murder with malice by appellant, on March 15, 1971, of Tona Worthington in Taylor County. The trial was held in Eastland County on change of venue on October 11 to 26, 1971.
By his last ground of error appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. The record contains 2002 pages. The evidence was circumstantial. The court charged on circumstantial evidence and on alibi. The defendant testified and denied the offense…
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