THOMPSON v. STATE

No. 36657.

379 S.W.2d 664 (1964)

Arnella THOMPSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Percy Foreman, King C. Haynie, Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, James I. Smith, Jr., and Allen Stilley, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, ten years.

The evidence of the state sufficiently shows that the appellant caused the death of the deceased by shooting him with a pistol.

Testifying in her own behalf, the appellant stated that while she and the deceased were struggling and scuffling for the possession of the pistol it was accidentally discharged, killing the deceased.

The court in its charge submitted the...

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