Case Name: COOPER v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1944-05-17
Citations: 180 S.W.2d 443
Docket Number: No. 22863
Parties: COOPER v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 180
Pages: 443–443

Head Matter:
COOPER v. STATE.
No. 22863.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 17, 1944.
Irwin & Irwin, of Dallas, for appellant.
Ernest S. Goens, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.
Conyiction is for murder, punishment six years in the penitentiary. No bills of exception are brought forward; neither are there found any objections to the court's instructions.
Appellant and his wife had separated. He attributed this to deceased's attention to the wife, or at least held deceased responsible for the failure to effect a reconciliation. Appellant claimed to have acted in self-defense in the killing. Unfortunately for appellant eyewitnesses gave an entirely different account of the trouble. The jury settled the question against appellant. The case calls for no recital of the facts.
The judgment is affirmed.