Case Name: KIRK v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1953-11-04
Citations: 261 S.W.2d 721
Docket Number: No. 26471
Parties: KIRK v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 261
Pages: 721–721

Head Matter:
KIRK v. STATE.
No. 26471.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 4, 1953.
H. S. Beard, Pat Beard, Waco, for appellant.
Wesley Dice, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORRISON, Judge.
The two prior opinions herein are withdrawn.
The offense is assault with intent to murder ; the punishment, fifteen years.
In view of our disposition of this cause, a recitation of the facts is not deemed necessary.
Bill of exception No. 1 complains of the argument of the Assistant Criminal District Attorney in which he said: "He (defendant) has been to the penitentiary before. I know. I sent him to the penitentiary and I also helped him get out of other trouble."
We have carefully searched the record 'before us and.fail to find any evidence that the prosecutor making this ' argument had ever helped the appellant out of any other trouble. When he made such argument the prosecutor injected a new and harmful fact into'the case, in violation of Article 667, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.
The appellant's second motion for rehearing is granted, and the judgment is now reversed and the cause remanded.