Minor v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The opinion .handed down herein on February 15, 1928, is withdrawn and the following substituted therefor:

Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder, his punishment being assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for ninety-nine years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is questioned on the ground that the corpus delicti was not established. The circumstances corroborating appellant’s admission of guilt were meager. We are not able to say, however, that such circumstances taken in connection with appellant’s admission were insufficient to justify the jury in reaching the…