Henderson v. State

402 S.W.2d 180 (1966)

Henry Lee HENDERSON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 39402.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 9, 1966.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1966.

John J. Browne (by Court Appointment), Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Charles E. Bonney and Erwin G. Ernst, Asst. Dist. Attys., and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 20 years.

The indictment alleged that appellant did with malice aforethought kill Henry Amey by shooting him with a gun.

Appellant pleaded not guilty and filed…