ALVARADO v. STATE

No. 29051.

302 S.W.2d 432 (1957)

Paul ALVARADO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 29, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, ten years.

The deceased, Basiliso Vega, died as a result of gunshot wounds received at the hands of appellant. The evidence shows that one shot entered in the back four inches to the right of the spine and its point of exit was in the front part of the chest, three inches left of the midline, just beneath the rib region.

A second bullet entered in the right buttock and lodged behind the right knee...

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