AYALA v. STATE

No. 48620.

511 S.W.2d 284 (1974)

Elias AYALA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

July 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Logan Dietz, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., and James C. Brough, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. The jury assessed punishment at seventy-five years.

Initially, the appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. This is a case wherein the State relies in part on the testimony of an accomplice witness.

Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the State as we must do, the evidence unfolds a sequence of events...

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