Wright v. State

The offense is murder; the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

The homicide occurred at a place where appellant and Donald Swank had parked their cars. Appellant and deceased exchanged some angry words. According to the state's testimony, appellant had a pistol in his hand at the time. Deceased was unarmed. During the angry exchange of words appellant shot deceased. Appellant testified that deceased hit him with his fist, and that he shot deceased because he believed deceased was going to kill him. We deem it unnecessary to set out the evidence in further detail.

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