HILL v. STATE

No. 46193.

496 S.W.2d 606 (1973)

Gladys Ruth HILL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe J. Johnson, Jr., Fort Worth, for appellant.

Doug Crouch, Dist. Atty., Wayne E. Roberts and Roger W. Crampton, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. The jury assessed punishment at two years.

The evidence is undisputed that appellant killed her husband, the deceased, at their home in the city of Fort Worth by shooting him with a pistol.

Appellant's sole contention is that the trial court erred in refusing to charge the jury on her right of self-defense against a lesser...

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