Mendez v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 25 years.

Deputy Sheriff Williams testified that on the night in question, in response to a call, he went to the El Patio Bar and there found the appellant standing on the back porch with a pistol in his hand, the body of the deceased punctured with several bullet holes lying on the ground, and the appellant announced, “I shot Barney.”

Justice of the Peace Boyt, who was called to the scene, testified that he found no weapon on or about the body of the deceased.

J. E. Harris, investigator for the district attorney’s office,…