Burrell v. State

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals · Decided 1975-06-11

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DOUGLAS, Judge (dissenting). One of the reasons given by the majority to reverse this conviction is that the court allowed the deletion from the indictment the words “and with his malice aforethought” and apparently holds that these words are descriptive of the offense because they are explanatory. In doing so, the majority holds contrary to Ellard v. State, <a…

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