McCuin v. State

OPINION

QUENTIN KEITH, Commissioner.

This is a companion case to McCuin v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 505 S.W.2d 827 (this day decided), to which we refer for more details. Appellant was indicted for the murder of Robert Lacey the charge being that he shot him with a gun. He was tried jointly with his brother Douglas and the jury found both guilty and assessed the punishment of each at 25 years’ imprisonment. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

Appellant testified that he shot Robert Lacey with a rifle while they were engaged in a brawl, some of the details having been set out in the…