Hultin v. State

McDonald, judge.

Murder with malice is the offense, with punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life.

Since there is little controversy regarding the facts of this case, we shall state them briefly:

On the evening of April 21, 1960, Michael Wayne Lethcoe, Jimmy South, and Jean and Janet Travis observed appellant, then sixteen years of age, walking down Idaho Street, in Houston, about six feet behind Linda Faye Ruble. After appellant had followed her for some distance, it appeared that he was hitting her, and the boys started running toward appellant and Linda. As they…