FARRIS v. STATE

No. 45833.

496 S.W.2d 55 (1973)

Jerry Leonard FARRIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 special requested charge on the law of circumstantial evidence.

The alleged offense occurred at the Northline Motor Hotel at 5619 Airline Drive in Houston between 11 and 12 p. m. on May 7, 1969. Nancy Marie Bell testified she and her husband...

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