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ALVA v. STATE

No. 29908.

314 S.W.2d 843 (1958)

Carlos ALVA, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 28, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Sanborn McDowell, Floresville, for appellant.

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

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, fifty years.

Appellant, Tanislao Alcorta, Ysidro Rivas, Jr., and several others who resided in San Antonio, attended a dance on the night in question at Yndo Park which is located about ten miles west of Floresville. Alcorta and Rivas became involved in a controversy with several boys at the dance, and one of the boys pushed Rivas from the back while another struck at him with a knife and...

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