MINOR v. STATE

No. 29566.

311 S.W.2d 241 (1958)

Aubrey MINOR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 26, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. E. Barron, Navasota, Joe J. Newman, Houston, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, five years.

Appellant admittedly shot Sammy Lee Edwards, the deceased, with a pistol and the evidence shows that Edwards died the following day in the hospital as a result of gunshot wounds.

The State's evidence showed that appellant fired the pistol shortly after a fight with one Joe Mason without justification or excuse. Appellant's testimony, supported by that of his witnesses, raised...

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