Shield v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

Appellant and his wife, Opal Mae Shield, had been married for several years. They had two small children, who were living with their mother at the time of the homicide. Sometime prior to the homicide appellant’s wife had left him. Later, the parties adjusted their differences and lived together for a while. About four months prior to the homicide they again separated, the children going with their mother. The day before the homicide appellant and Weldon Lucas went in an automobile from the place where appellant was working to…