Thomas v. State

OPINION

BROWN, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder with malice; the punishment was assessed by the jury at life imprisonment.

Appellant in his testimony claimed self-defense against an attack upon him by deceased, who, he stated, repeatedly struck him on the head with a piece of pipe. He further testified that he and deceased were drunk and that after the shooting he, the appellant, went two blocks to the house of his niece, who, at his request, called the police.

Appellant complains that the prosecutor’s jury argument was improper in that it was not supported by the evidence. The portion…