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TROSTLE v. STATE

No. 58369.

588 S.W.2d 925 (1979)

Samuel B. TROSTLE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 2.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Percy Foreman and Dick DeGuerin, on appeal only, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Michael Kuhn and Charles C. Cate, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ODOM, TOM G. DAVIS and CLINTON, JJ.

Rehearing En Banc Denied January 16, 1980.

OPINION

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for murder. After the jury found appellant guilty, the court assessed punishment at fifty years.

In his first ground of error, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction. The State relied on circumstantial evidence.

Peter Dzwonczyk testified that he and his wife went to the home of the deceased...

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