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MALDONADO v. STATE

No. 44250.

473 S.W.2d 26 (1971)

Sam MALDONADO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 23, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Beech, Fort Worth, (on appeal only), for appellant.

Frank Coffey, Dist. Atty., Wayne E. Roberts, Roger W. Crampton and John Garrett Hill, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder with malice. The jury assessed the punishment at 200 years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

The record reflects that on April 18, 1970, at about 8:00 p.m., appellant entered the Fabila Friendly Inn in Fort Worth ordered a beer, had a brief conversation with Tom Fabila, the deceased, and then fatally shot him with a pistol.

By a supplemental brief...

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