Welk v. State

Jan 23, 1924
No. 8098.
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Hawkins
HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for murder; punishment, forty years in the ‍​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‍penitentiary.

This is a companion case to Belcher v. State, (No. 8353) this day decided. The prosecutions grew out ‍​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‍of the same killing. The questions sought to be propounded to the jurors on their voir dire examination ‍​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‍to enable appellant to exercise his peremptory challenges were the same as discussed in Belcher’s case. The identical ‍​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‍point is presented by the bill of exceptions in this case, and the same ruling must result.

The judgment ‍​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‍must be reversed and the cause remanded.

Reversed and remanded.