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RIVAS v. STATE

No. 46205.

496 S.W.2d 600 (1973)

Alfredo RIVAS and Efrain Rivas, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 27, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Grant Jones, Corpus Christi, John H. Miller, Jr., Burnett & Burnett, Sinton, for appellant.

Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

The appellants were convicted at the same trial. Efrain Rivas was convicted for the offense of murder and his punishment was assessed at eight years. Alfredo Rivas was convicted for the offense of murder without malice, and his punishment was assessed at five years.

Two grounds of error are urged, the first asserts that "The conviction is not supported by the verdict."

Under this ground of error the appellants argue that...

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