Case Name: YOAKUM v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1936-06-24
Citations: 97 S.W.2d 188
Docket Number: No. 18407
Parties: YOAKUM v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 97
Pages: 188–189

Head Matter:
YOAKUM v. STATE.
No. 18407.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 24, 1936.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 21, 1986.
Fred A. White, of Port Arthur, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
KRUEGER, Judge.
The appellant was convicted of the offense of murder, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.
By bill of exception No. 1 appellant complains of the action of the court in declining to sustain his motion to quash the indictment on the ground that it was multifarious, in this, that it charged two separate and distinct offenses. The indictment contained two counts; the first count charged the appellant with having killed Albert Harris on or about the 20th day of October, 1935; the second count charged him with killing Albert Harrison by shoot ing him with a gun. The hill of exception was qualified by the trial court, and the qualification shows that the deceased was known by'both names, and the court submitted the case to the jury on the second count, which charged appellant with killing Albert Harrison. The bill as thus qualified fails to show any error.
By bill of exception No. 2 appellant complains that the prosecuting attorney in his argument to the jury made the following improper remarks, to wit: "Defendant thought and believed that he was cock of the walk down there, and that everybody had to get out of his way and not interfere with him. That the defendant had beat up a cripple and was tried for said offense in the Courts of Jefferson County." The court qualified said bill, and in his qualification states that no objection was made to any statement of the state's attorney in his argument to the jury; that the only reference to defendant's indictment for beating a cripple was brought out by the defendant's attorney on cross-examination of a witness. -The bill as thus qualified fails to show any error. As the appellant did not make any objection to the argument at the time it was made, if it was made, he has no ground for complaint.
Appellant's next contention is that the evidence is not sufficient to warrant and sustain his conviction. We do not deem it necessary to enter upon an extended discussion of the testimony adduced upon the trial. We deem it sufficient to say that the testimony offered by the state shows an unprovoked and unjustified killing, while that of appellant shows that he acted in self-defense. This raised an issue of fact to be determined by the jury, who are the exclusive judges of the facts proven, the credibility of the witnesses, and the weight to be given to their testimony; and their finding is conclusive.
The court in his charge adequately submitted every defensive issue raised by the testimony, and no objection was made thereto by the appellant.
It is therefore ordered that the judgment of the trial court be, and the same is in all things, affirmed.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.