Adkison v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for nine years.

Appellant shot and killed F. Aleman. According to the testimony of the state, deceased was standing near a service car when appellant approached and, without provocation, shot him with a pistol. Deceased was unarmed. It was appellant’s theory, supported by his testimony and that of his witnesses, that deceased had previously stolen a watch from him; that he went to the scene of the homicide for the purpose of procuring his watch from deceased; that when he asked deceased for his watch…