Tiger v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, five years.

The killing occurred near Spur, in Dickens County. Trial was in Lubbock County, venue having been changed by the court on his own motion.

*335The jury rejected appellant’s claim of self-defense and his effort to reduce the killing to murder without malice by testimony that his wife had just informed him that deceased had sexual relations with her the previous night. The jury also denied his application for suspended sentence.

The facts, viewed from the state’s standpoint, show an unjustified voluntary killing, appellant having…