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LOPEZ v. STATE

No. 51237.

535 S.W.2d 643 (1976)

Benny Gomez LOPEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 20, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. McGill, Lubbock, for appellant.

Alton R. Griffin, Dist. Atty., and Charles Bailey, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lubbock, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder where the jury assessed the punishment at life imprisonment.

The record reflects that on the night of January 13, 1974, the appellant and Ricky and Jesse Rivera were at the La Fiesta Dance Hall in Lubbock. Appellant was placed there by the testimony of his ex-wife and a security guard, Carlos Perez. Jesse Galvan testified that the 26 year old deceased, Arthur Luna, Jr...

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