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DE LA CRUZ v. STATE

No. 45596.

490 S.W.2d 839 (1973)

Catarina DE LA CRUZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Carson Bruder, Dallas (Court-appointed), for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Robert T. Baskett, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. The jury assessed the punishment at 199 years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

The appellant, Catarina De La Cruz, had lived with Alexandra Contreras, the deceased, "off and on" for several years. The State's evidence shows and the appellant testified that he killed Alexandra Contreras with a gun. His main...

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