CRENSHAW v. STATE

No. 26033.

254 S.W.2d 402 (1952)

CRENSHAW v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cofer & Cofer, Austin, for appellant.

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


BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was assessed a penalty of fifty years in the penitentiary upon a charge of murder.

The evidence of the night preceding the tragedy is quite involved. It appears, however, that a number of young people, at least some of whom lived in the City of Austin, were in a car; that some of them were drinking; and that an argument took place involving appellant and the deceased about whether or not they should go to Lockhart and, if they did...

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