GONZALES v. STATE

No. 47653.

505 S.W.2d 819 (1974)

Miguel Garza GONZALES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Thornell, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough, John Holmes, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for murder. After the jury returned a verdict of guilty, punishment was assessed by the court at twenty-five years.

Appellant contends that the court erred in failing to grant his motion for instructed verdict in that the evidence reflected that there was a reasonable doubt that the cause of death was the result of appellant striking deceased.

It is undisputed that on September...

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