Jackson v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The indictment charged Cleo Jackson, Jr., with the first degree murder of Paulette Jackson by shooting her with a pistol. The jury found the appellant guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed punishment at twenty years imprisonment. The trial court then entered judgment, in accordance with this verdict.

Charlene Whitt testified that she accompanied the deceased, Paulette Jackson, on the night of May 18-19, 1974, to several clubs where during the evening hours and early hours of Sunday morning they had several drinks. She testified that she and Paulette Jackson had seen the…