Williams v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of assault with intent to commit murder without malice; the punishment was assessed by a jury at three years.

First, appellant contends the trial court erred by overruling his motion for an instructed verdict of not guilty because the evidence of his identity “as the person who did the shooting” was insufficient.

Claude Loper stated that on September 21, 1968, he went to a location in Houston near the intersection of Mayle and Peach-tree Streets to see a neighbor who he thought was building a house in that area; that he went…