Bodiford v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant was charged with the murder of his wife. The jury found him guilty and assessed his punishment at fifty years in the penitentiary.

Appellant and the deceased were married on November 26, 1951. They separated in January of 1952. On February 2, 1952, the defendant arranged to meet a man by the name of Cranford Gibson at the Hollywood Club, located just outside of Grand Prairie, Texas. Gibson was with appellant’s wife, as a friend of both. The three met at the Hollywood Club at about 8:30 in the evening. They stayed there together, dancing and drinking, until shortly…