Dunn v. State

MORROW, Judge.

—This appeal is from a conviction for murder, the punishment being assessed at thirty-five years confinement in the penitentiary.

The deceased was the husband of appellant’s daughter. A separation had taken place and she had returned to her father’s home, and complained to her father of various acts of abuse, including a charge of infidelity and threats of personal violence. Eyewitnesses for the State described an unprovoked and an unjustifiable homicide. Appellant, testifying in his own behalf, presented the theory of manslaughter, due to information of insulting conduct toward…