Hughes v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Young. Tried below before the Honorable P. A. Martin. Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, twenty-five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
— Conviction is for murder; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for period of twenty-five years.
Appellant shot and killed A. Enloe, Jr. The States evidence is sufficient to support the verdict of murder. Appellant testified to a case of self-defense. According to his statement, he was invited by deceased into a building used as a dance hall, but as we understand it, not occupied at the time; the deceased was urging the appellant, who claimed to be an officer, to refrain from interfering with the deceased pursuing the occupation of illicit whisky seller.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Hoover v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
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