Elliott v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. The punishment was assessed by the jury at twelve years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

The appellant contends that he was improperly denied the criminal record of, and was not permitted to prove the violent nature of, the deceased.

We affirm.

The record reflects that W. E. Williams, the deceased, had demanded of James Leo Elliott, the appellant, the payment of a debt. The two met in a bar and set together in a booth for five or ten minutes. Norma Harding, a waitress, stood by the booth and heard the…