GARCIA v. STATE

No. 13-92-679-CR.

877 S.W.2d 809 (1994)

Alfonso GARCIA, A/K/A Alonzo Ramirez Garcia, A/K/A Alonzo Garcia, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

May 12, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd D. Holder, Law Firm of Floyd Holder, Sam Medina, Lubbock, for appellant.

Theodore C. Hake, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Rene Guerra, Dist. & County Atty., Hildago County Courthouse, Edinburg, Cynthia A. Morales, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Nueces County Courthouse, Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before SEERDEN, C.J., and GILBERTO HINOJOSA, and FEDERICO G. HINOJOSA, Jr., JJ.


OPINION

SEERDEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant pled guilty before a jury to murdering Eluterio Villarreal, III, and the jury assessed his punishment at 80 years in prison. We affirm.

In his first point of error, appellant contends that Tex.Gov't Code Ann. § 74.053(b) (Vernon Supp.1994) violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This section permits civil litigants to recuse assigned former judges automatically

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