Beecham v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder; punishment was assessed by the court at imprisonment for fifteen years.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred when it excluded the testimony of two defense witnesses regarding the reputation of the deceased for being a man of violent and dangerous character, and when it refused to allow a witness to testify who had violated the rule.

The appellant shot and killed Wade Smith, the deceased, at a service station in Dallas. The deceased’s girlfriend, Reater Thompson, testified that she and the deceased and appellant were…