Gonzalez v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Webb, on change of venue from Zapata. Tried below before. Hon. J. C. Russell. This conviction is for murder in the first degree with the penalty assessed of confinement in the penitentiary for life. Alejandro Vidaurri was the name of the party murdered.
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Appeal from the District Court of Webb, on change of venue from Zapata. Tried below before. Hon. J. C. Russell. This conviction is for murder in the first degree with the penalty assessed of confinement in the penitentiary for life. Alejandro Vidaurri was the name of the party murdered. There was a former conviction in the case, from which an appeal was prosecuted, and the judgment of conviction was reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial. 28 Texas Court of Appeals, 130. The evidence adduced on the trial as shown by the statement of facts in the record is as follows: Luciano.Salinas,…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Judge.
This is an appeal from a second conviction for murder of the first degree, the punishment being fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for life.
Seven errors are assigned: (1) The overruling of an application for continuance. (2) In admitting evidence. (3) Refusing to exclude improper evidence. (4) Refusing charges asked by appellant. (5) Errors in the charge in chief. (6) Improper remarks by counsel for the State in the closing argument. (7) Because counsel for the State was permitted to reread reproduced testimony in the final argument.
This was the second application for a…
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