Legal Opinion

Colunga v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 11, 1972No. 44379PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, one hundred ninety-nine (199) years.

Ruben Colunga was indicted for murder with malice in the stabbing death of Solomon Abdo, Sr., during a robbery at his store. The State contended that Hector Garza, Jesse Gonzales and Jesse Montez entered the store while Colunga circled the block in a car with Feliciana Martinez waiting for his confederates.

Appellant contends there is insufficient testimony to corroborate the accomplice witnesses.

*868This is the companion case to Garza v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 469 S.W.2d 169, but the facts and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  2. Cherb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  3. Chapman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  4. Minor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927
  5. Odom v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Paulus v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  2. Passmore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  3. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. Carrillo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Reynolds v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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