Sullivan v. State

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 5 years.

The evidence shows that the deceased died as the-result of a stab wound in the chest inflicted by the appellant with a knife.

The homicide occurred at the front of the home of appellant’s mother. The appellant and her child were living there also. She had gone out with the deceased several times and he was among those present at the house from about 4:30 P.M. until the homicide occurred about 11:30 P.M.

No witness testified to having seen the appellant stab the deceased, and the knife was not found.

*811When an officer arrived…