Chapin v. State

320 S.W.2d 341 (1958)

R. A. CHAPIN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 29975.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 12, 1958.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 1959.

Morriss, Morriss, Boatwright & Lewis, Will A. Morriss, Jr., San Antonio, and Burkett & Petsch, Kerrville, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, five years.

We shall attempt to summarize this voluminous record in the light of the contentions raised on appeal.

The appellant and deceased, both mature men and rivals over the hand of a…