MENDOZA v. STATE

No. 40099.

411 S.W.2d 546 (1967)

Silverio MENDOZA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 15, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abel Toscano, Jr., Harlingen, for appellant.

F. T. Graham, Dist. Atty., Brownsville, Joel William Ellis, Asst. Dist. Atty., Harlingen, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is burglary of a private residence at night; the punishment, five years.

The sole question presented by briefs filed in the trial court was the exercise of discretion by the trial court in refusing to hear evidence on appellant's motion for new trial. Appellant was represented by the same counsel of his own choosing both in the trial and on appeal. Trial before a jury concluded on April 1, 1966, when appellant...

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