ZUNIGA v. STATE

No. 13-81-193-CR. (2206cr).

635 S.W.2d 780 (1982)

Abel ZUNIGA, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1982.

Discretionary Review Refused October 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Douglas Tinker, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Wm. B. Mobley, Jr., Dist. Atty., Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before BISSETT, UTTER, and KENNEDY, JJ.


OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

Appeal is taken from conviction for murder for which punishment was assessed by the jury at twenty-seven years' imprisonment.

In this case appellant and a witness in the case, Ms. Willis, had been romantically involved for a period of time. Shortly after they stopped seeing each other, Ms. Willis began seeing the deceased, a longtime friend of appellant whom she had met through appellant. The evidence, the sufficiency of...

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