Ellisor v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

There is no conflict in the evidence except as to the sanity of the accused. In view of this, the state’s evidence will be summarized. The appellant, who had only a short time before the homicide been released from the Texas Prison System and who had just shot Deputy Sheriff Scarbrough, shot and killed Officer Crosby, a member of the Highway Patrol as Crosby attempted *118to apprehend him. for speeding. Appellant’s confession was admitted, and no evidence was introduced tending to show that it was involuntary. The appellant…