Griffin v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Offense, murder; penalty, ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.

Deceased was the father-in-law of appellant. Bad feeling had existed between the two for many years. The State’s testimony tended to show that on the morning of the tragedy they met. Appellant’s automobile was in the middle of the road and blocked the passage of deceased. According to the res gestae and dying statement of deceased, the appellant said when he met him “The doctors say that I’m going crazy, and I want to kill you before I do.” Whereupon he began shooting him; that he got out and tried to protect…