Jones v. State

OPINION

PRICE, Justice (Assigned). 1

Appellant was convicted by a jury of murder and sentenced to 15-years imprisonment.

Appellant and Frederick Chambers, the victim, went out drinking together on November 9, 1991. They returned to appellant’s home about 10:00 p.m., and appellant went to bed. Appellant awoke later and began to hit his 11-year-old son, Wayne, after the boy hit appellant with a ball. The deceased, who was the uncle of Wayne and the brother-in-law of appellant, intervened. During the struggle, appellant grabbed an ice pick from a kitchen drawer and stabbed the deceased in the head.…