JENKINS v. STATE

No. 24869.

232 S.W.2d 851 (1950)

JENKINS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 4, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. H. Tupper, W. A. Johnson, W. E. Hall, of San Angelo, for appellant.

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


DAVIDSON, Commissioner.

Murder is the offense; the punishment, twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

That appellant killed his father-in-law by shooting him with a high-powered rifle is not disputed, but admitted by appellant. The jury rejected the self-defense theory.

Two bills of exception appear complaining of statements made in the opening argument of state's counsel.

It would serve no useful purpose to set out the argument complained...

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