Curlee v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder, punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of ten years.

The deceased, Mrs. Lelia Myrtle Rine, was an employe of a store known as the LaMode. The appellant entered the store, called for Mrs. Rine, and shot her a number of times. According to a state’s witness, they were about twelve feet apart. Mrs. Rine fled and appellant followed her. After shooting the deceased in the back, and after she fell, appellant fired three more shots into the body of the deceased. When the first shot was fired, the deceased had her back towards…