Cato v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

In a trial before a jury, appellant was convicted of murder. Punishment was assessed at life imprisonment.

The indictment alleged the cause of death as being “by strangling her with his hands, and by strangling her with a cord, and by strangling her with a wire, and by strangling her with a belt, and by strangling her in a manner to the Grand Jurors unknown.” 1

Considering the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict and judgment, the record reflects that on May 27, 1974 at about 12:50 p. m., appellant stopped his car in front of the Midland Memorial…