Watts v. State

KOHN, Justice.

The appellant, Louis E. Watts, was indicted and tried for murder in the first degree. The jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed his punishment at imprisonment for 99 years. There was judgment sentencing the appellant in accordance with the verdict of the jury. This appeal is from that judgment.

Appellant entered pleas of “not guilty” and “not guilty by reason of insanity.”

This case arises out of the fatal shooting of Mrs. Louise Underwood at about 6:40 P.M. on December 23, 1965. The evidence clearly shows that appellant walked into the dispatch office of…