Shaver v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

*277The offense is murder; the punishment, death. .

The indictment, returned in the Criminal District Court of Bexar County, alleged that appellant voluntarily and with malice aforethought, killed and murdered Chere Jo Horton by striking and beating her with his hands and fists, and in separate count alleged such murder in some way or manner and by some means, instrument and weapon to the grand jurors unknown.

Venue being changed to McCulloch County, appellant was tried, convicted and assessed the death penalty. On appeal from such conviction, the judgment was reversed. Shaver v.…