Graham v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. Punishment was assessed by the jury at thirty years.

The record reflects that appellant shot and killed Mrs. Mary N. Crawford with a .22 caliber rifle in Dallas during the early morning hours of April 14, 1969. The evidence showed that appellant and his fiancee, Sherri Crawford, were at appellant’s home on the night of April 13, when Sherri’s mother, Mary N. Crawford, began beating on the front door of the house. Both appellant and Sherri Crawford testified that they did not then “recognize the person who was beating on…