Houston v. State

Appellant was tried under an indictment charging him with the crime of murder in the first degree, committed by killing Claude Anderson, and the trial resulted in appellant’s conviction of the crime of murder in the second degree.

Appellant admitted, before and during the trial, that Claude Anderson came to his death as result of the discharge from a pistol in the hands of appellant, who claimed that the killing was accidental. The principal contention here is that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict.

Appellant and Anderson were young men, near the same age, and both resided…