MARRUFO v. STATE

No. 34484.

357 S.W.2d 761 (1962)

Frank MARRUFO, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 30, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alejandro Duran, Jr., Mauro Rosas, El Paso, for appellant.

Edwin F. Berliner, Dist. Atty., Jack N. Ferguson, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Sam W. Callan, Asst. Dist. Atty., El Paso, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

Appellant, Frank Marrufo, Jr., and Roberto Duron were jointly indicted for the murder of Bernardo Nava Reyes. Upon the granting of a severance, appellant was separately tried and convicted and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

The state's testimony shows that on the night of July 15, 1960, the deceased was shot and killed, around 9 o'clock, p. m., after he had been called outside his house and...

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