Case Name: Rayden Dale Kirk v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1953-11-04
Citations: 159 Tex. Crim. 124
Docket Number: No. 26,471
Parties: Rayden Dale Kirk v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 159
Pages: 124–124

Head Matter:
Rayden Dale Kirk v. State.
No. 26,471.
November 4, 1953.
H. S. Beard, Waco, for appellant.
Wésley Dice, State’s Attorney, 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The two prior opinions herein are withdrawn.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, C. C. P.
The appellant's second motion for rehearing is granted, and the judgment is now reversed and the cause remanded.