BOWLES v. STATE

No. 30374.

324 S.W.2d 841 (1959)

Bryant William BOWLES, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baldwin & Goodwin, by Joe B. Goodwin, Beaumont, Votaw & Wharton, by E. B. Votaw, Vidor, for appellant.

Robert S. Coe, Dist. Atty., Kountze, Earl Stover, County Attorney, Silsbee, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, life.

The testimony of the state shows and the appellant while testifying in his own behalf admitted that he shot the deceased in the left side of the neck with a shotgun causing his death. However, appellant testified that he shot in self-defense.

The court charged the jury on the law applicable to self-defense both as to real and apparent danger.

The jury resolved the issue...

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