Thrash v. State

I am unable to agree with the majority either in their version of the evidence or their application of the law.

Nothing can be said for the deceased other than that he was a human being and had the right to live. He was a pimp, thief, burglar and narcotic addict. He had no legal right to complain that appellant’s clothes were in Winona Lee’s closet, or to question appellant’s authority to refuse him the use of Winona’s Cadillac, yet this was the reason for his “argumentative mood.”

On the other hand, appellant had no lawful right to spend the nights with Winona Lee; to keep his clothes in her…