Elizondo v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for 25 years.
The trial was had in Nueces County on a change of venue from Starr County.
It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed David Gomez by shooting him with a gun.
The homicide occurred on the 30th of May, 1934, at a political gathering. The proof on the part of the State was to the effect that the killing of deceased by appellant was unprovoked. Appellant and his witnesses gave testimony raising the issue of self-defense.
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