HILL v. STATE

No. 30121.

319 S.W.2d 318 (1958)

H. V. HILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 19, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aubrey Robison, Daingerfield, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, two and one-half years.

Deceased sustained the fatal injury in a rural section of Morris County; only two witnesses were present, the appellant, who testified in his own behalf, and a colored man named Weaver, who testified for the State. All the parties had been drinking. Appellant's confession was introduced in evidence without objection; the jury resolved the issue of self defense against...

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