Case Name: CLEMONS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1950-10-18
Citations: 232 S.W.2d 991
Docket Number: No. 24975
Parties: CLEMONS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 232
Pages: 991–991

Head Matter:
CLEMONS v. STATE.
No. 24975.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 18, 1950.
None on appeal, for appellant.
George P. Blackburn, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.
Conviction was for murder and the punishment assessed at death.
An appeal was perfected to this court. Proper showing is made to this court that pending appeal and while appellant was confined in the County Jail of Hill County at Hillsboro, Texas, he committed suicide by hanging himself, and upon such showing the appeal is abated.