Howard v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a murder with malice conviction where the punishment was assessed by the jury at life imprisonment.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. The evidence is undisputed that the appellant shot and killed Elijah Pickard in the F & L Lounge in Lubbock on April 20, 1971. Appellant acknowledged his action, but'testified he acted in self-defense. The State’s evidence reflects that a number of people were in the lounge on the night in question when the appellant and the deceased began an “angry discussion” and were “arguing real bad” near…