MacHado v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

These are appeals from a joint trial, in which both appellants were convicted of murder with malice. The punishment of appellant Johnny Machado was assessed at fifteen (15) years; that of appellant Guadalupe Machado was fixed at life. Al though separate appeals have been filed, appellants, through their attorney, have submitted a joint brief and joint grounds of error.

In their first three grounds of error, appellants attack the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the convictions.

Appellants were jointly charged by indictment with murder with malice of one Jose…