Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1930

Dunwoody v. State

Dunwoody v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided March 19, 1930 · Morro
25 S.W.2d 1107; 1930 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1005 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Dunwoody v. State

Opinion of the Court

MORRO W, P. J.

The offense is murder; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of ninety-nine years.

In the indictment there is a failure to embrace the words “malice aforethought.” This' matter is controlled by ,the majority opinion in the case of Swilley v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 25 S.W.(2d) 1098.

Eor the reasons there stated, this case must be reversed' and remanded.

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