Hurd v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

The appellant was convicted, in a trial before a jury, of murder with malice. The punishment was assessed by the jury at life imprisonment.

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction; therefore, only a brief recitation of the facts will be necessary.

On March 10, 1973, the body of a sixteen year old girl, Elizabeth Goodlett, was found in a farmhouse approximately two miles south of Snyder. The physician performing the autopsy testified the cause of death was approximately fifteen stab wounds to the head of the victim.

The…