Caldwell v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

Offense, murder; punishment, ten years in the penitentiary.

The' testimony for the state showed that the appellant stabbed deceased with a butcher knife and killed her. It was the contention of the state that the killing was unprovoked and was a result of premeditation and of an attack on the part of the appellant after they had had a previous difficulty, which had been abandoned by the deceased.

The appellant’s testimony raised the issue of self-defense from an actual attack, as well as self-defense from threats. The appellant testified that at the time of the commission off the…