Cerda v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder; punishment was assessed by a jury at 22 years.

The facts show that appellant and several of his companions drove from the Frontier Bar in Penitas to the Colorado Bar in Sullivan City, approximately 10 miles away, to fight the deceased and his companions. Although it is less than clear just what the altercation was over, it appears that the deceased and his cohorts had had some words with appellant’s friends at the Frontier Bar. The deceased was at that time armed with a .22 caliber pistol and had fired it at least once and…