Brager v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The indictment charged Norman L. Brag-er, alias, with the first degree murder of Homer Willis Pearson “by shooting him with a pistol.” The jury found the appellant guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed punishment at life imprisonment. The trial court set sentence in accordance with the verdict.

Inasmuch as a complete statement of the facts is not necessary to an understanding of the issues in this case, and, moreover, because no motion to exclude the evidence was made, no request for the affirmative charge, nor a motion for a new trial challenging the weight and…