Allen v. State

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for murder. The jury found appellant guilty and the trial court assessed punishment at thirty five years imprisonment.

In its pertinent portions the indictment reads as follows:

“Phillip Ray Allen, hereafter styled the defendant, heretofore on or about July 19, 1974 did then and there unlawfully intend to cause serious bodily injury to Michael Ray Williamson and did then and there commit an act clearly dangerous to human life, to-wit, by striking him with his hands and fists and some means, instruments and weapons unknown to the Grand…