Legal Opinion
Gonzales v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided January 17, 1990No. 04-88-00404-CRPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ONION, Justice. *
This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.02(a)(2) (Vernon 1989). Following the jury’s verdict of guilty the court assessed the appellant's punishment at confinement in the Department of Corrections for ninety-nine (99) years.
The appellant was charged with the murder of a five year old child by striking her by manner and means to the grand jury unknown resulting in severe blunt trauma to her head and causing her death on or about August 29, 1987. The appellant lived with the victim’s mother, the victim and several other children in a room…
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