Robinson v. State

238 S.W.2d 193 (1951)

ROBINSON

v.

STATE.

No. 25136.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 7, 1951.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1951.

Allen, Locke and Kouri, and Charles D. Butts, all of Wichita Falls, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted for the murder of Barbara Jean Roberts, and the jury assessed his punishment at death in the electric chair.

The deceased was a 21-year-old Negro girl, who had been reared in Wichita Falls where she lived with her parents. She had been married, but was divorced. She was described as…