Griffin v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The conviction is for the offense of murder. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of five years.

Appellant brings forward a number of complaints, each of which he claims presents reversible error.

His first contention is that the evidence is wholly insufficient to sustain his conviction of the offense of murder. With this contention we are unable to agree. The record shows that appellant and several other parties assembled at the home of Walt Edwards for the purpose of engaging in a game of poker. Some whisky was carried there, and they seem…