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Ex Parte Stephens

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Mar 24, 1965
388 S.W.2d 199 (Tex. Crim. App. 1965)

Opinion

No. 38150.

March 24, 1965.

Appeal from 59th Judicial District Court, Collin County, David H. Brown, J.

Daugherty, Bruner Lastelick, by Fred Bruner, Dallas, Leon Moses, McKinney, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


This is an appeal from an order denying appellant bail, after indictment in two cases for murder with malice.

The indictments charged that appellant did voluntarily and with malice aforethought kill Willie B. Johnson and Michael Charles Blackwell by shooting them with a gun.

The evidence is sufficient to justify a finding by the trial judge that the appellant shot and killed the deceaseds, both of whom were unarmed, without any legal justification or excuse. The refusal to grant him bail is justified under the record. Ex Parte Black, 157 Tex.Crim. R., 250 S.W.2d 224; Ex Parte Williams, Tex.Cr.App., 370 S.W.2d 883.

The judgment of the trial court denying bail is affirmed.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Stephens

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Mar 24, 1965
388 S.W.2d 199 (Tex. Crim. App. 1965)
Case details for

Ex Parte Stephens

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte Olen STEPHENS

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Mar 24, 1965

Citations

388 S.W.2d 199 (Tex. Crim. App. 1965)

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