Figaroa v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and allotted a life sentence in the penitentiary upon an indictment charging him with the killing of M. A. Ernst by shooting him with a gun.

Others were indicted for the same offense. When the case was called for trial appellant filed application for severance, asking that the other indicted parties be placed upon trial first because of a want of sufficient evidence to authorize their conviction. The district attorney thereupon dismissed the indictment against the other parties, stating in his motion to dismiss…