Montello v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, 99 years in the penitentiary.

Appellant killed her husband by shooting him in the head with a .22 caliber pistol fired at close range. She signed a confession which was introduced in evidence and there was an eye witness to the shooting.

The jury rejected appellant’s plea of self-defense raised by her testimony as a witness in her own behalf, and the sufficiency of the evidence is not questioned.

The sole contention raised in this appeal is that the trial court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for new trial based upon jury…