Whitaker v. State

GRAVES, Presiding Judge.

The conviction is for murder with malice; the punishment assessed is death.

Much of the statement of the case is taken from the appellant’s own testimony herein. He was 20 years old at the time the offense was committed, and was 21 years of age at the time of the trial. He was a member of the Air Force, and on January 8, 1953, was stationed at the Reese Air Force Base near Lub-. bock, Texas. He was reared in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Upon entering the Army he was first assigned to the Sampson Air Force Base in Geneva, New York, and then transferred to the air base near…