Gant v. State
This text of 257 S.W.2d 113 (Gant v. State) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The conviction is for assault with intent to murder without malice; the punishment, one year in the penitentiary.
Appellant shot his wife with a 22 pistol, one shot striking her in the arm and the other penetrating her intestines.
The jury rejected appellant’s claim of self-defense and lack of intent to kill, but resolved the issue of malice against the state and assessed the minimum punishment.
The sole exception relates to the closing argument of state’s counsel, the contention being that certain testimony was misquoted.
In the light of the evidence adduced and the punishment assessed the argument, if improper, would not call for reversal.
The judgment is affirmed.
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257 S.W.2d 113, 158 Tex. Crim. 484, 1953 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 2076, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/gant-v-state-texcrimapp-1953.