HOWARD v. STATE

No. 47204.

505 S.W.2d 306 (1974)

Charlie William HOWARD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold P. Brown, Jr., Lubbock, for appellant.

Alton R. Griffin, Dist. Atty., and Richard Palmer, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lubbock, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a murder with malice conviction where the punishment was assessed by the jury at life imprisonment.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. The evidence is undisputed that the appellant shot and killed Elijah Pickard in the F & L Lounge in Lubbock on April 20, 1971. Appellant acknowledged his action, but testified he acted in self-defense...

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