Maloy v. State

OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder wherein the punishment was assessed at ninety-nine (99) years. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. The record reflects that appellant shot the deceased, a convenience store clerk, while in the course of robbing him at a Stop-and-Go convenience store.

A confession of guilt was introduced at trial which constituted the major portion of the State’s case against appellant. In his confession, appellant admitted:

“On Thursday night, May 20,1976, Henry Lee Hines came to my apartment and we played some records.…