McClure v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

In a trial before a jury, appellant was convicted of murder. The jury assessed the punishment at ninety-nine years.

The State’s evidence reflects that on June 10,1974, appellant purchased a .22 automatic pistol, went to the Ramada Inn in Odessa, had a brief conversation with his wife at a swimming pool, and as she turned from him and started to leave, shot her eight times. Her death resulted from these wounds.

Appellant, 34 years of age, as a witness at the guilt stage admitted the shooting. He testified to a course of conduct during their brief marriage by his 17…