MOORE v. STATE

No. 35055.

363 S.W.2d 477 (1962)

Samuel Leroy MOORE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 23, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raeburn Norris, Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Gus J. Zgourides and Howell E. Stone, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, life imprisonment.

The testimony will not be summarized except to state that it is sufficient to warrant the finding that the appellant killed the deceased by shooting her with a gun; and that the testimony of the appellant was that he shot the deceased in self-defense and in defense of his wife.

By formal bill of exception the appellant...

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