Adams v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and the jury assessed his punishment at 15 years in the penitentiary.

A difficulty occurred between appellant’s companion Percy Green and the deceased, Junior Hadnot, at a tavern in Silsbee. Hadnot was shot through the neck with a forty-four caliber pistol as he was leaving the tavern, the shot being fired by appellant.

The state’s version of the killing was that Hadnot was cursed and threatened by Percy Green, and was shot by appellant without justification or excuse.

Appellant testified that he was a peace officer in Jefferson *308County; that he…