KING v. STATE

No. 45653.

491 S.W.2d 132 (1973)

Elmer Nelson KING, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Regner, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., J. C. Brough, Calvin Botley and Ray Montgomery, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

The appellant was convicted of murder without malice by a jury, which assessed his punishment at five (5) years.

The evidence is ample to show that he shot and killed his wife with a pistol, after shooting his step-son in the hip, but since the sufficiency of the evidence is not in question, it would serve no useful purpose to recount the details.

Appellant incorrectly contends as his only ground of error that...

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