OPINION
JACKSON, Commissioner.
The conviction was for murder with malice; the punishment assessed by the court, 50 years.
On August 19, 1971, at night, Officer John W. Sartain was shot in the head as he was leaving the back entrance of the police station in company with two other officers. Convincing circumstantial evidence and the written confession of appellant were sufficient to show that he, a 17 year old boy at the time of trial, fired the fatal...
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