McGee v. State

473 S.W.2d 11 (1971)

Bruce Steven McGEE, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 44026.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 20, 1971.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 1971.

Foy Clement, Abilene, for appellant.

Ed Paynter, Dist. Atty., and Britt Thuman, Asst. Dist. Atty., Abilene, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder with malice; trial was before a jury and the court assessed the punishment at life.

The indictment alleged that on June 17, 1970, the appellant killed Donald Ray Lee by shooting him with a…