Hultin v. State

351 S.W.2d 248 (1961)

Howard E. HULTIN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 33515.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 2, 1961.

William H. Scott, Jr., Ellis F. Morris, Houston, for appellant.

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

McDONALD, Judge.

Murder with malice is the offense, with punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life.

Since there is little controversy regarding the facts of this case, we shall state them briefly:

On the evening of April 21,…