MARTINEZ v. STATE

No. 29147.

306 S.W.2d 131 (1957)

Augustin Lopez MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 23, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Lattimore, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Sam L. Jones, Jr., Dist. Atty., George A. Hamilton, Asst. Dist. Atty., Corpus Christi, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for assault with intent to murder with malice, with punishment assessed at seven years in the penitentiary.

The evidence shows that appellant, with a knife, inflicted upon the injured party multiple stab wounds in the chest and side, one of which penetrated the abdomen. The injured party was taken to a hospital, where he died some twenty days thereafter.

Before the introduction of any evidence, state's counsel...

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