Johnson v. State

OPINION

REYNOLDS, Commissioner.

Appellant Leroy Johnson was convicted of, and assessed punishment of twenty years confinement for, the offense of murder.

Appellant was charged with killing Mary Torres by shooting her with a gun on August 5, 1972. Appellant admitted shooting the deceased with a pistol, but contended the shooting was excused or justified. The jury rejected the defenses of accident and self-defense. A statement of the facts is required.

Responding within two minutes to a radio broadcast of a shooting, Sergeant William C. Miller of the Temple Police Department arrived at the address…