Roberts v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
PREHDERGAST, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder and his punishment assessed at twenty years confinement in the penitentiary.
We think it unnecessary to make any detailed statement of the evidence. Whatever of this testimony is necessary will be given in passing upon the questions determined.
The great preponderance of the evidence is ample to sustain the verdict and would have justified a much severer penalty than was imposed. It was also amply sufficient to disprove appellant’s defense of self-defense.
Appella'nt has several bills of exceptions to the admission and to the…
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