Ortega v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for murder.

This is a companion case to Flores v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 491 S.W.2d 144 (1973) ; Flores and appellant were jointly tried and, after the jury returned a verdict of guilty, the court assessed appellant’s punishment at life.

We reject appellant’s first contention, finding the evidence, as set out in Flores v. State, supra, sufficient to support the conviction.

Appellant’s next contention that the court erred in refusing to order the witness Mason to testify has been decided adversely to him in Flores v. State, supra, where…