McCARTER v. STATE

No. 28310.

292 S.W.2d 111 (1956)

Elizabeth E. McCARTER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 30, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schlesinger, Goodstein & Semaan, A. A. Semaan, San Antonio, by Louis W. Schlesinger and A. A. Semaan, San Antonio, for appellant.

Hubert W. Green, Jr., Criminal Dist. Atty., Anthony Nicholas, Jr., Asst. Criminal Dist. Atty., San Antonio, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of murder with malice and her punishment assessed at twenty years' confinement in the penitentiary

The homicide occurred on the evening of April 3, 1954, at a place known as the Welcome Inn, which was operated by the deceased.

According to the state's witnesses, appellant entered the place, and, after ordering a beer from the deceased, produced a pistol from her purse and stated to the witness Tom B. Bromley...

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