STEWARD v. STATE

No. 30245.

318 S.W.2d 651 (1958)

Ovie J. STEWARD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney of record on appeal for appellant.

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


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 25 years.

The deceased was shot from across the street as he stood at the front of a tavern near closing time.

On the following day the appellant presented himself at the Criminal Courts Building and offered to show the officers where he had thrown the pistol which he had used to shoot the deceased. Skin divers were contacted, and all parties...

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