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MORALES v. STATE

No. 13-86-440-CR.

745 S.W.2d 483 (1988)

Rodolfo MORALES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Connors, III, Mark Alexander, McAllen, for appellant.

Theodore C. Hake, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Edinburg, for appellee.

Before KENNEDY, UTTER and BENAVIDES, JJ.

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

The appellant, Rodolfo Morales, was convicted for the first degree murder of Maria Covarrubias.1 He was tried by a jury and sentenced to life in prison. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

During the month before her death, eighteen-year-old Maria Covarrubias worked as a waitress at the Texas Lounge in Edinburg, Texas. According to the testimony of her co-worker, Clara Chazaderth, and the...

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