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- Title: Jesse Oliver Graham v. State Texas
- Author : Supreme Court of Texas
- Release Date : January 25, 1972
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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The record reflects that appellant shot and killed Mrs. Mary N. Crawford with a .22 caliber rifle in Dallas during the early morning hours of April 14, 1969. The evidence showed that appellant and his fiancee, Sherri Crawford, were at appellants home on the night of April 13, when Sherris mother, Mary N. Crawford, began beating on the front door of the house. Both appellant and Sherri Crawford testified that they did not then "recognize the person who was beating on the door." Appellant stated that he repeatedly warned the person to stop beating on the door or "hed shoot." When the banging failed to stop, he pushed the barrel of his rifle through one of the small glass panes of the front door and fired what he described as a warning shot. The bullet from this shot struck Mrs. Crawford in the middle of her forehead and subsequently caused her death.