Ex Parte McGee

The facts of the case as found in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals are as follows: On May 20, 1978, the petitioner approached Mr. Chris Gray and asked Mr. Gray to give him a ride somewhere for a dollar. Mr. Gray agreed but later changed his mind on the advice of a neighbor, Mrs. Graham, who told Mr. Gray not to take the petitioner anywhere in his car because petitioner was a drunk. When Mr. Gray told petitioner that he could not give him a ride, petitioner demanded the return of his dollar. Mr. Gray denied that the petitioner had given him a dollar, whereupon petitioner pointed a…