Castilleja v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for murder. Upon a former trial, appellant was convicted for murder with malice, and his punishment assessed at fifty years in the penitentiary, which conviction was reversed and remanded by this court as shown by our opinion in Castilleja v. State, 157 Tex. Cr. R. 377, 249 S.W. 2d 64.

Upon the present trial, appellant was again convicted of murder with malice and his punishment assessed at twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

The facts set out in the former opinion are substantially the same as those upon the trial of this case. However, upon this trial,…