Bryan v. State

OPINION

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment was assessed at death.

On February 18, the deceased, Luther Douglas Price, operated a drive-in grocery store which was adjacent to a service station. The station operator last saw the deceased about 9:30 p. m. at the store; next, he saw a Cadillac parked in front of the store but never saw it leave, and before 10 p. m. he was alerted when customers of the store found it unattended with the cash register open, and on being unable to locate the deceased, the officers were notified.

The appellant was seen in the vicinity of…