Shelton v. State

367 S.W.2d 867 (1963)

Gus E. SHELTON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 35212.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 10, 1963.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1963.

M. Gabriel Nahas, Jr., Houston, King C. Haynie, Houston (on motion for rehearing only), for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carle E. F. Dally and Jon N. Hughes, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 7 years.

Our two prior opinions are withdrawn, and the following is substituted in lieu thereof. In view of our disposition…