PETERSON v. STATE

No. 39357.

399 S.W.2d 813 (1966)

Gene Harold PETERSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 9, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry V. Sanchez, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Ted Hirtz and Gerald Applewhite, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder with malice; the punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

The only issue raised in appellant's brief before this court is whether or not the evidence is sufficient to support the jury's finding that the assault was committed with the intent to murder with malice.

Viewed in the manner most favorable to the state, the evidence reveals that appellant had been working for the Cooper...

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