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ENCINA v. STATE

No. 44019.

471 S.W.2d 384 (1971)

Pedro ENCINA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. G. Burnett, Burnett & Burnett, Sinton (Court appointed on appeal only), for appellant.

Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, fifteen (15) years.

Appellant, in his first three grounds of error, challenges the sufficiency of the evidence.

The entire case against the appellant is made out in the testimony of two physicians and the confession of the appellant. His confession reads as follows:

"My name is Pedro Nanez Encina I'am 20 years old. .. Last Sunday night October 12th, 1969 at about 10...

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