Seay v. State

McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for ten (10) years.

We shall pretermit a discussion of the facts, in view of our disposition of this case.

Appellant filed an application for a suspended sentence. In support of this application, he adduced testimony from his mother, Mrs. Irene Kite, that he had never been convicted of a felony in this or any other state. No questions were elicited showing either the good or bad reputation of the appellant as a peaceable and law-abiding citizen in the community in which he lived.…