SALINAS v. STATE

No. 13-90-255-CR.

810 S.W.2d 855 (1991)

Tomas SALINAS, a/k/a Tomas Pena Salinas, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled June 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorina Ramos, McAllen, for appellant.

Rene Guerra, Dist. Atty., Theodore C. Hake, Asst. Criminal Dist. Atty., Edinburg, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and HINOJOSA and DORSEY, JJ.


OPINION

HINOJOSA, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of murdering Raul Lopez, Jr., and assessed his punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, at life in prison. We affirm.

In his first two points of error, appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction. Albert Cruz was the State's key witness. According to Cruz, he, Lopez, appellant, and another man had been at a bar and then went to Lopez' house. There...

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