Case Name: Placido HANDY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1938-01-19
Citations: 114 S.W.2d 878
Docket Number: No. 19254
Parties: Placido HANDY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 114
Pages: 878–878

Head Matter:
Placido HANDY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 19254.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 19, 1938.
State’s Rehearing Denied March 23, 1938.
Kennedy Smith, of Raymondville, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State

Opinion:
KRUEGER, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder with málice and his punishment was assessed at death.
This is a companion case to that of Ascension Martinez, alias "Chon" Martinez, v. State, 114 S.W.2d 874, this day decided, and involves the identical question which was decided by us in that case.
For the reasons given in that case, the judgment of the trial court is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.