Love v. State

OPINION

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for murder. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 19.02. After the jury returned a verdict of guilty, punishment was assessed by the court at 30 years.

The record reflects that on October 18, 1974, at approximately 7:20 p. m., appellant’s estranged wife was fatally stabbed outside her San Antonio apartment. She went to a neighbor’s apartment to seek assistance. Roland Bradfute, the neighbor, admitted the deceased after she knocked on the door and shouted, “Let me in. Please help me. I am bleeding to death.”

Bradfute testified that the deceased…