Gonzales v. State

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, twenty-one years.

The first ground urged as error is that the evidence is insufficient to show malice aforethought.

The testimony of the state reveals that Tommy Velasquez, the deceased, age seventeen, attended a party given at his mother’s home celebrating his entry into the Job Corps. The appellant, with other boys, came to the party uninvited. Appellant had been drinking and tried to pick a fight with a boy named Tony. When the appellant bothered a girl, a boy named Adam told him to leave her alone. Later, Adam and appellant…