Ned v. State

SEARS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a felony conviction for murder, wherein appellant pled not guilty, waived her right to a trial by a jury, was tried by the Court, found guilty, and assessed punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for a period of five (5) years. We affirm.

The record reflects that on April 18,1980, appellant’s son, Robert Ned, Jr., and the deceased, Clarence Earl Rivers, were involved in a dispute which subsequently erupted into a confrontation between the families of the two men at the apartment of appellant. The deceased was carrying a shotgun…