PUCKETT v. STATE

No. 38880.

398 S.W.2d 761 (1966)

James PUCKETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse L. Nickerson, Pittsburg (Court-appointed attorney), for appellant.

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


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life.

The state's evidence, including the confession of the appellant, reflects that appellant went to the home of the deceased and her mother armed with a shotgun and, without justification or excuse, fired a shot through the kitchen window from a distance of some 12 to 15 feet, which struck the deceased in the abdominal area of her body inflicting injuries from which she died the next day.

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