Lopez v. State

OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of criminal negligent homicide. Punishment was assessed at 120 days and a $500 fine, probated. Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, so we will briefly highlight the facts now and discuss them more fully later in the opinion.

At 11:30 p. m., on September 1, 1977, the deceased was a passenger in a 1969 Chevrolet driven by Mrs. Trinidad Aguilar. Mrs. Aguilar was backing her car out onto Zar-zamora Street from the parking lot of a Church’s Fried Chicken store in San Antonio. After Mrs. Aguilar began backing .out, she saw…