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HERNANDEZ v. STATE

No. 55810.

578 S.W.2d 731 (1979)

Juan Jose HERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

March 28, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. O. Burleson, Alpine, for appellant.

Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before DOUGLAS and TOM G. DAVIS, JJ., and CORNELIUS, Commissioner.

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The state's evidence revealed that a robbery occurred at the Ramada Inn in Alpine on September 16, 1975. Robert Beard, the clerk on duty at the time, was shot in the head and killed. Palmira Hernandez, an accomplice to the crime, was granted immunity and testified for the state. She testified that she was a former employee of the motel and that Juan Hernandez...

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