Martinez v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of murder; the punishment is imprisonment for 11 years.

In several grounds of error the appellant asserts that reversal of the judgment is required because: (1) the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction; (2) the court erred in refusing to admit a statement made by Faustino Chapa before his death; (3) there was jury misconduct.

The appellant argues that peritonitis resulting from improper medical care was a concurring and intervening cause of the deceased’s death; therefore, the evidence is insufficient…