Jackson v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder. The jury assessed the punishment at twelve years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged.

Harvey L. Merida and Edward Lee Warren were the key witnesses for the State. Merida testified that on May 2, 1970, he went to bed at Warren’s house around midnight after Warren had left. Sometime between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m., Irving Wayne “Bird” Fowler, the deceased, the appellant and another woman arrived. Merida got up and had a few drinks with them before the second woman left. Because the appellant was “sarcastic” with the…