Puckett v. State

OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder, and punishment was assessed at confinement for fifteen years’ and one day.

Since appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, a brief rendition of the facts is required.

Mrs. Rose Puckett testified that two of her sons, appellant and the deceased, Robert Puckett, got into an argument over a dog that the deceased had brought home. The deceased wanted to keep the dog and appellant demanded that the dog could not stay. A fist fight broke out between appellant and the deceased in the living room of the Puckett residence. Mrs.…