Magana v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for ten years.

That deceased, a prohibition officer, was shot and killed at night in a house occupied by appellant and one Pablo Jazo is not denied. Appellant admitted that he killed deceased, David McReynolds, but testified that deceased fired at him first. The state introduced testimony, which, if believed, justified the conclusion that deceased had not attacked appellant or fired his pistol at him. The issue of self-defense was properly and adequately submitted in the charge of the court. The…