Zuniga v. State

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

Appeal is taken from conviction for murder for which punishment was assessed by the jury at twenty-seven years’ imprisonment.

In this case appellant and a witness in the case, Ms. Willis, had been romantically involved for a period of time. Shortly after they stopped seeing each other, Ms. Willis began seeing the deceased, a longtime friend of appellant whom she had met through appellant. The evidence, the sufficiency of which is not questioned, established that at approximately 3:00 a. m. on April 12, 1980, the deceased was sitting in his car talking with Ms. Willis in…