HODGES v. STATE

No. 27110.

272 S.W.2d 902 (1954)

Mose HODGES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor & Taylor, Temple, for appellant.

Raymond Thornton, Dist. Atty., Belton, Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, 15 years in the penitentiary.

The sole question presented in appellant's brief relates to the failure of the trial court to give an affirmative charge on accidental shooting.

The evidence shows that the deceased, Emory Walker, died as the result of a shotgun wound, the gun having been fired by appellant.

There was an argument between appellant and one Otto Ockleberry, known also...

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