Ricondo v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of murder with the punishment assessed by the jury at 65 years. 1

The record reflects that there were 25 men in cell block “North-right 3” of the Bexar County Jail on August 9, 1969. Two of these were the appellant and the deceased.

Deputy Sheriff John W. Baeza testified that on the day in question, about 11:15 A.M. as the prisoners filed out of cell block “North-right 3” into the day room for lunch, he noticed one prisoner was missing. Upon investigating, he found a prisoner lying on the floor of his cell, underneath a…