Mason v. State

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, seven years.

It is contended that the trial court erred in denying his motion for an instructed verdict on the ground that the record reflects undisputed self-defense.

The appellant and the deceased were and had been for sometime occupying the same house.

Melvin Shelton testified that while standing in his yard he saw the deceased, accompanied by Betty Acosta, drive his truck into his driveway across and down the street about one hundred feet away and stop beside the porch; that in a brief time he heard a commotion and then heard the…