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CHAVIRA v. STATE

No. 30194.

319 S.W.2d 115 (1958)

Ernesto CHAVIRA, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 26, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. McDonald, San Angelo, for appellant.

Justin A. Kever, Dist. Atty., San Angelo, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder with malice; the punishment, life imprisonment.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is challenged.

Gilberto Gandar, called as a witness by the State, testified that on the night of the homicide he first saw the appellant in Vicente's place in the City of Sonora. While he was in the place appellant came in and pulled a six-shooter. Around...

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