GONZALES v. STATE

No. 01-89-00183-CR.

807 S.W.2d 830 (1991)

Guillermo GONZALES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

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

Discretionary Review Refused July 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence Gaiser, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Harris County Dist. Atty., Jose Gonzalez-Falla, and Edward Porter, Asst. Harris Co. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

Before WILSON and COHEN, JJ., and ARTHUR D. DYESS Former Justice, Sitting by Assignment.


OPINION

WILSON, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of murder, made a deadly weapon finding, and assessed punishment at life imprisonment. Central to our consideration of this appeal is the confession given by appellant to the Houston police department the day following the commission of the crime. We affirm.

On July 17, 1988, sometime between noon and 2:00 p.m., 19-year-old Anthony Salazar's life was ended by a brutal homicide, likely drug related...

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