Cavazos v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is murder. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of twenty years.

Appellant, his brother, Hipólito Cavazos, Jr., and Ismael Flores, were jointly indicted, charged with the murder of Alfonso Orosco. A severance was granted and appellant alone was put on trial.

The evidence adduced by the State and that of appellant is very much in conflict. The real cause which prompted the killing is not disclosed by the record. However, the State’s evidence shows that on the night of February 12, 1944, the deceased and his brother, Roque Orosco,…