Arthur Joseph Jackson v. State Texas

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. Punishment was assessed by the jury at life. Samuel De Mart testified that appellant stabbed the deceased with a knife while the deceased was standing in his (deceased's) front yard, on Drew Street, in Houston, on December 8, 1970. Assistant Medical Examiner Green testified that the official autopsy report showed that a post mortem examination was performed on the body of the deceased on December 8, 1970, and the cause of death was determined to have been a stab wound to the chest.