Dockery v. State

I dissent to the denial of appellant’s motion for rehearing and the affirmance of this conviction. The majority opinion on motion for rehearing succinctly states appellant’s second contention and its disposition as follows:

“Appellant’s remaining contention is that the State failed to prove the corpus delicti in that there is no proof that the shot fired by appellant caused the death of the deceased, or that death in fact resulted. Two of the eyewitnesses to the shooting testified that they took the deceased to the hospital immediately after the shooting, and one of them stated that he thought…