Compton v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

The appeal is taken from a conviction for the offense of murder with malice. Trial was before a jury; punishment was assessed by the court at 20 years’ confinement.

In his voluminous brief, appellant enumerates some 35 grounds of error, many of which overlap.

The critical evidence presented is as follows: On the night of February 20, 1971, appellant went into the “We-No-Tell Club” in San Antonio. 1 A short while later, the deceased entered the lounge. According to the night manager of the club, he called appellant a stool pigeon. — he threatened to “blow his (appellant’s)…