Easley v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
LATTIMORE, Judge.
Conviction for murder; punishment, five years in the penitentiary.
The facts need not be set out at length. Two young men has the *409temerity, at a dance in the country, to dance with each other as partners. Complaint of this led to a quarrel, followed by a fight. After a short interval the shooting of deceased by appellant occurred. The entire transaction was so connected and interwoven as that the things said and done during the first difficulty and between same and the fatal shooting appears parts of but one continuons transaction, and hence admissible.
Appellant asked for a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wiley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
- Cruz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
- Weaver v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922