Barnes v. State

356 S.W.2d 679 (1961)

Herbert (Cat) BARNES, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 33879.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 6, 1961.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1962.

Charles S. McMillian and J. L. Smith (appeal only), San Augustine, for appellant.

William E. Carroll, Dist. Atty., Jasper, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for assault with intent to murder; the punishment, 10 years confinement in the penitentiary.

The sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction is challenged.

The evidence, viewed in its most…