Van Skike v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 10 years.

Alice Killingsworth, who had resided immediately next door to appellant for a short time, but did not know her, testified that she was awakened about midnight on the night in question by noises coming from appellant’s home, that she heard male and female voices and that she then heard a shot fired. She stated that shortly thereafter she heard an automobile drive up and a man’s voice say “at least he’s not dead”, and that it was an hour or an hour and one-half later that the police and ambulance arrived.

Officer Reed testified that…