Horton v. State

Clarke, Presiding Justice.

Beverly Horton was convicted of the felony murder of Hosea Hillman and sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant and the victim, her boyfriend, had a stormy relationship for approximately six years. She testified that he had beaten her several times, and there was evidence that on more than one occasion she was arrested by police called to break up their quarrel. On Christmas Eve night 1986, the appellant and the victim began to argue early in the evening over a Christmas gift. Witnesses testified that they both threatened the other during the night, but they left a…