GENTSCH v. STATE

No. 43798.

468 S.W.2d 66 (1971)

James Fredrick GENTSCH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 9, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Tatum, Bluford B. Sanders, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Alfred Thomas, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for assault to murder with malice; the jury assessed the punishment at 17 years.

The appellant presents three grounds of error, each of which challenges the sufficiency of the evidence.

First, he contends that the evidence is insufficient to establish the specific intent to murder because the evidence is insufficient "to demonstrate the weapon or instrument used was a deadly weapon...

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