Valadez v. State

DICE, Commissioner. -

The conviction is for murder with malice; the punishment, twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

Trial was in the 35th Judicial District Court, of Coleman County, upon an in dictment returned into said court, in Brown County, by a duly impaneled grand jury in that county.

The evidence was undisputed that appellant killed the deceased, Adolfo Romero, by shooting him with a pistol, the homicide occurring in the city of Brownwood at the home of Pete Romero, Sr., where a group had gathered on the night in question and were playing records, dancing, and drinking beer.

The facts,…