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RODRIGUEZ v. STATE

No. 43046.

457 S.W.2d 555 (1970)

Juan RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

September 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Galindo & Davidson, by Jerry Davidson, Brownsville, for appellant.

F. T. Grahjam, Dist. Atty., A. G. Betancourt and Menton Murray, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Brownsville, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for escape from jail as denounced by Article 353b, Vernon's Ann. P.C.; the punishment was assessed at three years and nine months in the Texas Department of Corrections.

It was alleged that appellant had been indicted for the offense of burglary at night, and while he was awaiting trial for this offense he escaped from the Cameron County jail.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. It...

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