VELA v. STATE

No. 49203.

516 S.W.2d 176 (1974)

Conrado VELA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Hendrik, Dallas, Court appointed on appeal, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Richard W. Wilhelm, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

The conviction was for murder with malice. Appellant pled guilty and a jury assessed punishment at 99 years' imprisonment.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged, but a brief statement of facts is in order. On the evening of July 1, 1973 an altercation erupted between appellant's brother and the deceased, Kenneth Brown, who was employed as a clerk at the drive-in grocery where the disturbance occurred. As the two...

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