BELCHER, Commissioner.
The conviction is for murder; the punishment, death.
The trial was had in Cherokee County on a change of venue from Howard County.
The evidence introduced by the state reveals that the appellant is guilty of the planned, deliberate, and brutal murder of Arthur Lee Dekraai by shooting him with a pistol. Two written statements made and signed by the appellant were introduced in evidence by the state and they show a killing by him...
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