RIOS v. STATE

No. 07-98-0161-CR.

990 S.W.2d 382 (1999)

Tomas RIOS, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

March 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Brown, Lubbock, for appellant.

William C. Sowder, Wade Jackson Lubbock County Dist. Attys., Lubbock, for appellee.

Before BOYD, C.J., and QUINN and JOHNSON, JJ.


JOHNSON, Justice.

From a plea of not guilty, Tomas Rios, Jr., appellant, was convicted of first degree murder after a jury trial. The jury assessed punishment at confinement for 99 years. By two points of error, appellant seeks reversal of the punishment assessed. He asserts that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury in the punishment charge concerning mitigation provisions of the Texas Penal Code, and that...

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