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CANTU v. STATE

Nos. 13-93-661-CR, 13-93-662-CR.

953 S.W.2d 772 (1997)

Oscar CANTU, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled October 2, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juan L. Villescas, Law Office of Juan L. Villescas, Pharr, Joseph A. Connors, III, McAllen, for Appellant.

Rene Guerra District & County Attorney, Theodore C. Hake, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Edinburg, Robert Huttash, State Prosecuting Attorney, Matthew W. Paul, State Attorney, Austin, for Appellee.

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

OPINION

YAÑEZ, Justice.

By two separate indictments appellant Oscar Cantu was charged with the offense of murder in cause number CR-1922-92-D, and with two counts of aggravated assault of a police officer in cause number CR-1915-92-D. All charges against appellant were consolidated into a single trial. After a jury found appellant guilty of murder in the first cause, and of both counts of aggravated assault in the second, it sentenced him to seventy...

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