Gipson v. State

OPINION

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for assault with intent to murder without malice; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

The sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction is challenged by appellant on the ground that the proof fails to show that she had the specific intent to kill the injured party.

*795It was undisputed that on the night in question the appellant and her husband committed an assault upon Mrs. Lerah Wicks, the injured party. It appears that the parties had been friends for several years but that prior to the date of the assault Mrs. Wicks, on occasions,…