GOBER v. STATE

No. 27485.

276 S.W.2d 310 (1955)

John William GOBER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney on appeal.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Eugene Brady, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for murder without malice; the punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

The jury rejected appellant's claim of self-defense and declined to recommend a suspension of sentence.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged and need not be discussed. Suffice it to say that the evidence shows that the deceased met his death at the hands of the appellant, death having resulted from a stab wound in the heart, and...

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