Harris v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for the murder of Bennie Clay, with punishment assessed at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for life.

Under the questions presented for review, it would serve no useful purpose to give an extended statement of the facts.

The state’s testimony shows an unprovoked and unjustified killing by the appellant, while that of the appellant and his witnesses shows a killing upon self-defense from the actual as well as the apparent attack of the deceased and upon threats, direct and communicated.

The sole complaint against the charge of the trial court was the…