GUZMAN v. STATE

No. 13-81-204-CR.

649 S.W.2d 77 (1982)

Manuel GUZMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

November 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramon Garcia, Edinburg, for appellant.

Robert Salinas, Dist. Atty., Edinburg, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and YOUNG and GONZALEZ, JJ.


OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

A Hidalgo County jury convicted Manuel Guzman of aggravated assault and assessed his punishment at imprisonment for eight years. We affirm.

This case arises from the homicide of Michael Bergeron. On June 25, 1980, he and the appellant engaged in a struggle which led to the stabbing of Bergeron. These wounds proved fatal. The grand jury indicted the appellant for murder and voluntary manslaughter.

At the trial, appellant...

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