RAMSOUR v. STATE

No. 29233.

308 S.W.2d 56 (1957)

J. Loy RAMSOUR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 13, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelley, Looney, McLean & Littleton, Edinburg, for appellant.

James S. Bates, Dist. Atty., Edinburg, R. L. Lattimore, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pharr, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder with malice; the punishment, ten years in the penitentiary.

The evidence is undisputed that on the date alleged in the indictment the appellant killed the deceased, Walter Benson, by shooting him with a gun. The killing occurred at the home of the deceased who was the appellant's son-in-law.

According to the state's testimony the appellant followed his daughter (the deceased's wife) into a room used...

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