VASQUEZ v. STATE

No. 01-82-0127-CR.

682 S.W.2d 407 (1984)

Antonio Alvarez VASQUEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

November 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Cedillo, Jr., New Braunfels, for appellant.

William A. Meitzen, Fort Bend County Dist. Atty., John F. Healey, Fort Bend County Asst. Dist. Atty., Richmond, for appellee.

Before EVANS, C.J., and DOYLE and LEVY, JJ.


OPINION

DOYLE, Justice.

The appellant was assessed a 70-year sentence by a jury after it convicted him of murdering his 88 year old father.

There were no eyewitnesses to the crime. Teodulo Vasquez, the deceased, was found severely wounded at approximately 1 p.m. on February 24, 1979 beside a woodpile at his farm near Richmond in Fort Bend County. He died later that afternoon.

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