Davis v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is murder. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of twenty years.

The record shows that appellant and deceased had lived together, although not legally married, for approximately four or five years next preceding the day of the killing; that on the day in question they had been arguing, fussing and quarreling at intervals all day; that about 6:00 P. M., while the deceased was preparing to take a bath, they were both in a hostile mood and still quarreling; that the deceased requested appellant to leave, whereupon he told her to…