Steward v. State

Dec 17, 1958
No. 30245
Reporters:
,
Before:
Morrison
MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

■ The offense is murder; the punishment, 25 years.

The deceased was ‍​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‍shot from across the street as he stood at the front of a tavern, near closing time.

On the following day the appellant presented himself ■ ‍​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‍at the Criminal Courts *652Building’ and offered to show the officers where he had thrown the pistol which he had used to shoot the deceased. Skin ‍​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‍divers were contacted, and all parties, including the appellant, repaired to the Seventh Street bridge, where the pistol was recovered from the Trinity River.

The appellant ‍​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‍did not testify or offer any evidence in his own behalf, and we find the evidence sufficient to support the conviction.

There are no bills of ‍​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‍exception in the record, and no brief has been filed.

The judgment is affirmed.