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OROZCO v. STATE

No. 28877.

301 S.W.2d 634 (1957)

Walter Dominguez OROZCO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 3, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. P. Moseley, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Criminal Dist. Atty., Thomas B. Thorpe, Frank Watts, George P. Blackburn, Asst. Criminal Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 20 years.

Omitting the formal parts, appellant's confession gives this version of the homicide:

"About six months ago three Mexican boys jumped on my brother, Mauricio, and beat him up about some girl that he was going with. This happened in West Dallas. My brother told me that he would know these men, if he saw them again, but he didn't know their names. Tonight about 10:30 P.M. my...

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