Garza v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Murder is the offense; the punishment, fifteen years in the penitentiary.

Do the facts warrant the conviction?

About ten o’clock on the morning of September 19, 1944, the deceased, Balderas, was in the hardware store operated by Newell in the town of Rio Hondo, and was standing near a counter engaged in a business transaction with Newell. A man, not otherwise identified in this record, approached Balderas and they shook hands, each using the left hand, after which the man stepped back one step and, from an automatic pistol held in the right hand, fired three shots into the body…