Chase v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for murder. Penalty was assessed by the jury at life.

While the sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged, a brief recitation of the events which give rise to appellant’s grounds of error is deemed necessary in order that appellant’s contentions may be discussed with greater clarity.

Appellant, a seventeen-year-old high school student, lived with his parents in Dallas.

The appellant and the deceased, a schoolmate, attended a party on the night of August 21, 1970. The deceased was to spend the night with appellant and they left the…