MORRIS v. STATE

No. 25468.

246 S.W.2d 184 (1951)

MORRIS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 13, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Putney & Ritchey, Victoria, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life imprisonment.

A witness for the State testified that appellant, on Saturday afternoon on the main street of Victoria, drew a pistol as he approached deceased, cursed him, and then fired several shots at close range into the body of deceased.

Appellant offered two witnesses, his wife and his daughter, who testified about antecedent illness suffered by appellant, and expressed the opinion that...

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