Craver v. State

Undercofler, Chief Justice.

Craver appeals his conviction and life sentence imposed for the murder of his 16-year-old girl friend.

Evidence was presented by the State authorizing the jury to find that the appellant walked into the apartment of his brother and shot the girl twice with a pistol as she braided his brother’s hair. The brother testified as to the. shooting, as did his wife. Appellant walked into the police station a short while after the shooting and told the jailer that he had shot a girl. He also testified at trial to having an argument with the victim, putting a pistol into his…