Philpot v. State

332 S.W.2d 323 (1960)

Willie Edward PHILPOT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 31025.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 6, 1960.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1960.

R. L. Whitehead, Longview, for appellant.

Ralph Prince, Dist. Atty., Longview, Charles C. Castles, Asst. Dist. Atty., of Harris County, Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, death.

The indictment was returned by the grand jury on March 2, 1959, and charged that on or about the 30th day of January, 1959, the appellant did…