Woods v. State

BOWEN W. SIMMONS, Retired Circuit Judge.

Indictment for murder in the first degree, conviction for murder in the second degree with punishment at sixty years. Appellant is an indigent with free transcript and appointed counsel.

The homicide took place at the home of deceased. As we view the record the victim and appellant were married, but there was some unhappiness in their marital relationship. He came home at 10:00 o’clock in the morning and an argument ensued over this late arrival. He pulled a pistol which was fired and a fatal bullet penetrated the body of the wife and death followed soon…