Martinez v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of murder with malice. The jury assessed punishment at 199 years.

On December 9, 1970, Lester Harvey, the manager of the Ace-High Liquor Store in Fort Worth, was killed during a robbery. The cash register was taken at the time of the offense and subsequently found by police officers as a result of an oral confession made by the appellant.

Appellant’s only contention with respect to the sufficiency of the evidence is that there is no proof to show that the deceased was killed “by cutting and stabbing him with a broken…