Alanis v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and allotted fifteen years confinement in the penitentiary.

The case originated in Duval County and was transferred to Nueces County on change of venue.

It is contended the court erred in submitting the issue of murder, and the same question is also raised on the sufficiency of the evidence to show the offense of murder, the claim being that the offense from the State’s standpoint was of no higher dignity than manslaughter. The proposition is practically the same, whether viewed from the standpoint of the objection to the charge or the…