Gonzalez v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The appeals are from convictions for murder without malice after a joint trial. The punishment of each appellant was assessed by the jury at five years.

The evidence viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts shows that on the 26th day of October, 1968, Felix Gomez, the deceased, and David Gomez were working on a car in the backyard at Felix’s home in Dallas. In the afternoon Oscar Flores who had just been discharged from the military service came by for a visit. Some of the neighbors gathered in front of the house to see Oscar.

Gonzalo and Raymond Gonzalez, the…