Farris v. State

496 S.W.2d 55 (1973)

Jerry Leonard FARRIS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 45833.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 16, 1973.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1973.

Fred M. Heacock, Houston, for appellant.

Carol Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and I. D. McMasters, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

The appeal is taken from a murder conviction wherein the punishment was assessed at 60 years.

At the outset, the appellant complains of the court's failure to grant his…