Ray v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. After finding appellant guilty, the jury assessed punishment at thirty years.

The record reflects that on September 9, 1974, Frank Stone and a fifteen-year-old female schoolmate went to the appellant’s apartment. The apartment door flew open when they knocked, and they went in. Shortly thereafter, the appellant arrived at the apartment, left briefly, and then re-entered the apartment.

After talking with the appellant in an adjoining bedroom, Stone and his companion went into the living room of the apartment and lay on a…