Colunga v. State

481 S.W.2d 866 (1972)

Ruben V. COLUNGA, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 44379.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 11, 1972.

Rehearings Denied May 31, 1972.

Second Rehearing Denied July 19, 1972.

Nicholas & Barrera by Roy R. Barrera, Cecil W. Bain, San Antonio, for appellant.

Ted Butler, Dist. Atty., Charles T. Conaway, John L. Quinlan, III, Lucian B. Campbell and Antonio G. Cantu, Asst. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, one…