Balom v. State

Bowles, Justice.

Appellant was found guilty of murder after a jury trial and sentenced to life imprisonment. His allegation of error, though divided into three enumerations of error, is essentially that the evidence did not support the verdict.

The evidence showed that appellant shot the victim in a bar after an argument over a $5 debt. Appellant testified that he shot in self-defense as the victim was approaching him with an open knife. A witness for the state testified that the victim had an open knife but was holding it down by his side and did not approach appellant. Another state witness…