Cruz v. State

530 S.W.2d 817 (1975)

Pete CRUZ, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 50827.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 19, 1975.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1975.

Charles W. Cromwell, Corpus Christi, on appeal only, for appellant.

William B. Mobley, Jr., Dist. Atty., J. Grant Jones, Asst. Dist. Atty., Corpus Christi, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder with malice following a plea of guilty. The court assessed punishment at ten years.

Appellant contends first that his guilty…