Vanwright v. State

454 S.W.2d 406 (1970)

Joseph VANWRIGHT, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 42578.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 7, 1970.

Rehearing Denied April 29, 1970.

Second Rehearing Denied June 17, 1970.

Goodwin & Matheny, by Joe B. Goodwin, Beaumont (on appeal only) for appellant.

W. C. Lindsey, Dist. Atty., Lawrence J. Gist, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life.

Appellant's first ground of error is that the court committed fundamental error in failing to arraign…