Minton v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 25 years.

A prior conviction with the same punishment was reversed because of error in argument. Minton v. State, 162 Texas Cr. Rep. 358, 285 S.W. 2d 760.

About 3 P.M. on Sunday, February 20th, the dead and frozen body of Joe McLeod was discovered in a “two room shack” occupied by appellant and Willie Mae Minton.

No one was there when Ed Price saw the body through a window, investigated and had the officers notified.

The witness who last saw the deceased alive was Lloyd Cox, brother of Willie Mae Minton. He testified that when he left the…