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CRUZ v. STATE

No. 13-91-020-CR.

827 S.W.2d 83 (1992)

Gilbert CRUZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

March 19, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ricardo Oscar Carrillo, Asst. Dist. Atty., Jaime E. Carrillo, Kingsville, for appellant.

Grant Jones, Dist. Atty., James D. Rosenkild, Asst. Dist. Atty., Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before GILBERTO HINOJOSA, KENNEDY, and DORSEY, JJ.

OPINION

GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Justice.

A jury convicted Cruz of murder. The jury assessed his punishment at confinement for seventy-five years and a $5,000.00 fine. We affirm.

The evidence at trial showed that appellant did not get along with Jose Manuel Zuniga, his sister's husband. In fact, he had been convicted of stabbing Zuniga several years earlier. Appellant was paroled for this crime not long before the murder occurred.

Before the murder...

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