Scott v. State

340 S.W.2d 52 (1960)

Felo SCOTT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 32404.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 16, 1960.

Jack W. Knight, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, Lee P. Ward, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 20 years.

Appellant and one Jackson were told to leave a drinking establishment because they were arguing; soon thereafter a shot was fired and LaBome, the deceased, was found lying in a pool of blood.

Officer Hruzek,…