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CHAVEZ v. STATE

No. 08-82-00001-CR.

652 S.W.2d 562 (1983)

Cruz CHAVEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Louis McGowen, Roddy L. Harrison, Pecos, for appellant.

Mike Wade, Dist. Atty., Monahans, for appellee.

Before STEPHEN F. PRESLAR, C.J., and WARD and SCHULTE, JJ.

State's Rehearing Denied June 15, 1983.

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. The jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment. We reverse.

At the punishment phase, evidence was introduced, over objection, of Appellant's prior guilty plea to second-degree murder in California. Appellant had pled guilty on April 1, 1981, in the Superior Court of Madera County, California. However, before sentencing, he escaped...

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