Lera v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Leo Lera was given the death penalty for murder and he appeals.

This was the second trial of the case and the second time that a jury has given him the death penalty. The former appeal to this court is reported in Vol. 138, p. 127, Texas Cr. Rep.; 134 S. W. (2d) 248. The facts as stated in that opinion are herein referred to without being restated, except on the question of the conduct of the jury.

The evidence on the motion for a new trial reveals the fact that the jurors while deliberating on the case discussed that appellant is a notorious character in the City of Galveston;…