Williams v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for murder without malice. Punishment was assessed by the jury at two years.

The record reflects that the deceased died of gunshot wounds inflicted by appellant on the night of June 9, 1972. The appellant, testifying in his own behalf, stated that deceased attacked him and that he shot deceased in self-defense. Cindy Green, girlfriend of the deceased, testified that she was present in a trailer house shared by appellant and deceased when an argument began between deceased and appellant about the rent, that she went outside and…