Gaines v. State

McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

The offense is assault to murder with malice; the punishment, 10 years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The evidence reveals that appellant and Juanita Dodson lived together for about one year, and that this relationship was terminated on December 26,1964, when the witness Dodson left appellant and moved into the residence of Mabel Choice, the complaining witness. At about 11:30 on February 21, 1965, appellant knocked on the door of that house and told Mrs. Choice that he would like to see his “old lady,”- and was told that they were all going to…