Conaway v. State

OPINION

BASS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder. After the jury found the appellant guilty, the court assessed punishment at 2 to 7 years confinement.

The judgment is affirmed.

The appellant, Cleophas Conaway, shot the deceased, Alaska Hayes, seven times while the deceased was in his pickup truck parked on a highway in Walker County.

The only witness to the alleged murder testified that he had spoken to the deceased shortly before the shooting. As the witness continued walking across the street toward a nearby store he saw the appellant, Cleo-phas Conaway, drive by in a pickup…