Cherry v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of murder. Punishment was assessed by a jury at 40 years.

The record reflects that Geneva Fay Honeycutt was shot to death on June 17, 1972. Wayne Adams, the son of the deceased, testified that on the day in question he was living with his wife in a trailer house at 641 North 19th Street in Abilene. Appellant and the deceased were also living in this same trailer house in the same bedroom.1

Appellant, testifying in his own behalf, stated that he arrived at the trailer house at approximately 3:00 P.M. on the day in question; that…