Lopez v. State

339 S.W.2d 906 (1960)

Ernesto Martinez LOPEZ, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 31371.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 25, 1960.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1960.

Tom Howard, Robert C. Benavides, Bill Thomas, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Criminal Dist. Atty., James K. Allen, First Asst. Dist. Atty., H. Dustin Fillmore, Ben F. Ellis, Jerome Chamberlain, Jr., Phil Burleson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

The State's evidence shows that the deceased, Jeanette…