Case Name: GRIFFIN v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1924-05-07
Citations: 261 S.W. 780
Docket Number: No. 7580
Parties: GRIFFIN v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 261
Pages: 780–780

Head Matter:
GRIFFIN v. STATE.
(No. 7580.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 7, 1924.)
Criminal law <&wkey;1070 — Death of appellant abates appeal.
Where death of appellant is made known to court by duly verified affidavit, appeal will be abated.
CgsaFor other eases see same topic and KEY-NUMBER In all Key-Numbered Digests and Indexes
Appeal from District Court, Wichita County ; P. A. Martin, Judge.
Lon Griffin was convicted of manslaughter, and' he appeals.
Appeal abated.
Martin, Oneal & Allred, of Wichita Palls, for appellant.
R. G. Storey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, P. J.
The conviction is for manslaughter; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years.
The opinion heretofore rendered, affirming the judgment, is withdrawn.
The death of the appellant having been made known to this court by an affidavit duly verified, it is ordered that the appeal be abated.