MARTINEZ v. STATE

No. 13-86-441-CR.

736 S.W.2d 233 (1987)

Emeterio MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Connors, III, McAllen, Ricardo Flores, Edinburg, for appellant.

Rene Guerra, Dist. Atty., Edinburg, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and UTTER and SEERDEN, JJ.


OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Appellant Emeterio Martinez was convicted of murder. Punishment was assessed at forty years. Appellant raises twenty points of error.

The evidence at trial showed that the body of a young woman was found on a dirt road near a drainage ditch in Hidalgo County. She was last seen in the company of appellant and his companion Rodolfo Morales. The woman had left a tavern with the two men in appellant's blue Lincoln Continental...

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