Hernandez v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)
1Opinion of the Court
HOLCOMB, Justice.
A jury found Appellant, Mario Hernandez, guilty of murder and sentenced him to 60 years in prison. In his appeal, he assigns six points of error. We will affirm.
According to the State’s evidence, on June 8, 1989, several members of the Vega and Hernandez families were at an athletic complex in Palestine, Texas, watching baseball games. Appellant got into an argument over a baseball cap with Jose Alejandro Vega (“the deceased”). At trial, the deceased’s son, Jose Santos Vega (“Jose”), testified that when he had approached the two men during their argument, his father was…
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