Howard v. State

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, life imprisonment.

The evidence is undisputed that appellant killed the deceased by shooting him with a pistol, the homicide occurring at the appellant’s home in the city of Houston.

When the officers arrived upon the scene after the shooting, the deceased’s body was found in a sitting position on the living room floor, with a .22 calibre pistol in his right hand. Appellant, who was present at the scene, told the officers that she had shot the deceased and pointed the pistol out to them as the weapon she had used.

Following her arrest,…