Case Name: Joe DUNWOODY v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1930-03-19
Citations: 25 S.W.2d 1107
Docket Number: No. 12916
Parties: Joe DUNWOODY v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 25
Pages: 1107–1107

Head Matter:
Joe DUNWOODY v. STATE.
No. 12916.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
March 19, 1930.
Alonzo Turner, of Borger, for appellant.
A. A. Dawson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
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.