Ashabranner v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

In a trial before a jury appellant was convicted of attempt to commit murder. See V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 15.01(a). Punishment was assessed at twenty years.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.

The record reflects that at about 4:30 a. m. on August 30, 1974, Leonard McCaskill was shot and severely wounded by Joe Pruett, a co-indictee also charged with this offense. Appellant was present at the scene of the shooting. He contends that the evidence is insufficient to prove that he was criminally responsible for the conduct of Joe…