Legal Opinion
Ross v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 19, 1950No. 24630PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAUCHAMP, Judge.
The appeal is from a conviction for murder, with the death penalty.
The indictment alleges that Herman Lee Ross, the appellant killed Guido Nesti on the 1st day of June, 1948, by shooting him with a gun.
Nesti was the keeper of a package store. Appellant went to his place at night and, in the perpetration of a robbery, shot his victim to death while he was standing with his hands up. He then walked away from the scene. Parties who witnessed *166the crime recognized appellant as he walked away, according to their testimony on the trial. Further facts in the case, including the…
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