Johnson v. State

STAKELY, Justice.

Willie Johnson (appellant) was indicted for murder in the first degree.. .Upon trial he was convicted of murder in the first degree and punishment was fixed at life imprisonment.in the penitentiary.

Reversal of the judgment of conviction is sought (1) on alleged error in the oral charge of the court, (2) on the action of the court in overruling the defendant’s motion for a new trial based on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the evidence and (3) on certain rulings of the court on the evidence.

Tendencies of the evidence show that late in the afternoon of January 17,…