Colunga v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
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…
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