Doswell v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life.

We shall attempt to summarize the 1244-page statement of facts herein.

Appellant and her husband had just driven up to their residential hotel in Dallas from a trip to Colorado. Appellant’s husband met his death from the fire of a pistol as he alighted from their automobile, wherein appellant remained alone. Witnesses for the state testified that two shots were fired from the pistol. Witnesses for the appellant stated that they heard only one explosion. Only one bullet entered the body of deceased, killing him almost immediately. Only…