MONTES v. STATE

No. 28134.

291 S.W.2d 733 (1956)

E. J. MONTES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hosea L. Edwards, Nacogdoches, for appellant.

Robert W. Murphey, Dist. Atty., Jack Varner, County Atty., Nacogdoches, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

This is a conviction for murder, with punishment assessed at twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

The killing occurred as a result of the adulterous relations between appellant and the wife of the deceased. Those relations arose and appear to have been brought about by the advances and encouragement of the deceased's wife.

Appellant, the wife of the deceased, and her small daughter were parked in an automobile upon a side road...

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