WALKER v. STATE

No. 26988.

268 S.W.2d 464 (1954)

WALKER v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 5, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Stanford Pitts, T. W. Crawford, Conroe, for appellant.

Wesley Dice, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Commissioner.

Murder is the offense, with punishment assessed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The state's testimony shows that appellant, without justification, excuse, or provocation, shot and killed the deceased with a pistol, and suggests no motive or previous ill-will existing between the parties. The killing appears to be unexplained. It is also shown by the testimony that appellant was under the influence of intoxicating liquor at...

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