DOW v. STATE

No. 45940.

491 S.W.2d 917 (1973)

Lloyd Joseph DOW, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Mustachio, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., and Phyllis Bell and Thomas C. Dunn, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of murder with malice on his plea of not guilty before a jury; the punishment, six years.

There are two grounds of error in appellant's brief, the action of the court in admitting an oral confession and the insufficiency of the evidence.

Riley Barnett died on October 19, 1970, from a shotgun wound in his abdomen which he received on October 14, 1970.

Lacy Leonard Demery testified...

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