CASAREZ v. STATE

No. 10-83-181-CR.

683 S.W.2d 20 (1984)

Martin Cervantes CASAREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Discretionary Review Refused May 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Langlois, Kosub, Langlois & Van Cleave, San Antonio, for appellant.

Sam D. Millsap, Jr., Crim. Dist. Atty., Hipolito Canales, Jr., Edward F. Shaughnessy, III, Asst. Crim. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, for appellee.


OPINION

THOMAS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder, and his punishment was assessed at sixty years in prison. The sole question on appeal is whether the court erred when it refused to grant him a legislative continuance under art. 2168a, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. (Supp. 1984). We affirm.

A special session of the 67th Texas Legislature convened on May 24, 1982, and was adjourned on May 28th, three days before Appellant's trial began on June 1st...

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