Davis v. State

Smith, Presiding Justice.

Appellant William Hope Davis shot Andrew Grant with a handgun. The appellant admitted the shooting to a witness, after which he exclaimed that if he saw Grant again that he would shoot him again. The shooting was apparently related to competition between the appellant and the victim for the affections of Debra Miles, who previously had lived with the victim. Medical testimony indicated that the victim died of gunshot wounds, and ballistics testimony indicated that the bullets recovered from the victim’s body were consistent with having been fired from the handgun…