Aguirre v. State

OPINION

REEVES, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder and the jury assessed punishment at fifty years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

In his first ground of error, appellant alleges the trial court erred in denying his motion for instructed verdict because the State failed to prove venue. Appellant contends that the State failed to show that the offense occurred in the State of Texas.

The indictment charged appellant with the murder of the deceased occurring in Starr County, Texas. The State introduced into evidence through the testimony of a number of witnesses,…