Downs v. State

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Jo Ann Downs, was indicted for murder in the first degree for the *416killing of her husband, Charlie Cliff Downs. She was convicted of murder in the second degree. Her punishment was fixed at ten years in the penitentiary.

Charlie Cliff Downs was killed the night of December 26, 1966. The cause of death was six pistol shot wounds in the head, fired from a .22 Caliber Berretta pistol held 8 to 10 inches from his head. The pistol was a Christmas gift from deceased to his wife, Jo Ann Downs.

Early on the morning of December 26, 1966, the deceased, one Bryan Hendrix…