Parks v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for eight years.

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed Frank Beale by shooting him with a gun.

The homicide occurred on the 17th of April, 1985, near the Dew Drop Inn in the city of Mercedes. Appellant was an officer and was wearing a pistol on the occasion of the difficulty. He and a soldier had gone to the inn together, and were drinking at the bar. Deceased and a friend were present. Deceased was sitting at a table some distance from the bar.…