MENDOZA v. STATE

No. 42214.

442 S.W.2d 690 (1969)

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

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

July 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. D. Azios, Houston, Richard G. Morales, Laredo (on appeal only), for appellant.

Carlos Castillon, Dist. Atty., Laredo, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for assault with intent to rob; the punishment, six years.

The record does not contain a transcription of the court reporter's notes for the guilt or penalty stages of the trial.

In the sole ground of error, complaint is made that some members of the jury had previously read a newspaper article and mentioned it at the penalty stage of the trial. The article...

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