Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to twenty-five years in the penitentiary. His motion for a new trial was overruled and he appealed.
The defendant shot and killed the deceased sometime after 1:30 A.M. on October 2, 1955. There was evidence that deceased was about drunk and that defendant had been drinking. Both were Negroes.
Because the judgment of conviction...
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