Hall v. State

254 S.W.2d 523 (1952)

HALL

v.

STATE.

No. 26078.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 26, 1952.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 1953.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied February 11, 1953.

George S. McCarthy, Amarillo, for appellant.

W. O. Shafer, Dist. Atty., Odessa, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder without malice, with two prior convictions alleged to enhance the punishment; the punishment, life.

The witness Witherspoon testified that on the day of the homicide he met the deceased at the Cozy Bar; that shortly thereafter the…