MENDEZ v. STATE

No. 30686.

327 S.W.2d 454 (1959)

John C. MENDEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Davenport, San Angelo, on appeal only, Murray J. Howze, Monahans, on appeal only, for appellant.

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


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 25 years.

Deputy Sheriff Williams testified that on the night in question, in response to a call, he went to the El Patio Bar and there found the appellant standing on the back porch with a pistol in his hand, the body of the deceased punctured with several bullet holes lying on the ground, and the appellant announced, "I shot Barney."

Justice of the Peace Boyt, who was called to the...

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