MARTINEZ v. STATE

No. 33537.

350 S.W.2d 929 (1961)

Mike MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 2, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Thomas, Roger D. Brown, Big Spring, for appellant.

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


WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life.

The indictment, returned November 7, 1960, alleged that appellant, on or about May 7, 1957, killed Taylor L. Garrett by shooting him with a gun.

Trial was upon a plea of guilty, appellant having filed application for suspended sentence.

The evidence introduced by the state included the following:

The deceased, Taylor Garrett, was employed at a Gulf Service Station...

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