TORRES v. STATE

No. 26216.

254 S.W.2d 398 (1953)

TORRES v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 28, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas, Thomas & Jones, by George T. Thomas, Big Spring, for appellant.

Elton Gilliland, Dist. Atty., and Hartman Hooser, County Atty., Big Spring, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for assault with intent to murder with malice; the punishment five years in the penitentiary.

The undisputed evidence shows that both appellant and the prosecuting witness Louis Flores were armed with pistols; that appellant fired several shots, striking the injured party in both arms and in the abdomen. The bone of the left arm was shattered and the intestines perforated.

According to the state's proof, appellant...

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