Wood v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for murder with malice wherein the jury assessed the punishment at fifteen (15) years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Sue Benton was the only incriminating witness offered by the State. Dr. Ronald Henderson testified to the cause of death as being multiple gunshot wounds, and Douglas Parker made a call to the scene where he found the body of the deceased. Harold Denton testified about a property release card from the Waco Police Department.

Sue Benton testified that on the date in question she had been…