Barfield v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for twenty-five years.

The state’s testimony was in substance as follows: Deceased, Ray Palmer, and appellant were together in an apartment in Texarkana. Both had been drinking. Deceased accused appellant of informing certain parties that he, deceased, had burglarized a store. He called appellant a “snitching” s— of a b — . Appellant slapped deceased. They fought for a few minutes neither being hurt. A second fight ensued in which deceased whipped appellant. Appel lant left the apartment saying that he was…