Garcia v. State

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, life.

The testimony of the state reveals that the appellant arrived home about 7 P.M., and approximately fifteen minutes later, his wife, the deceased, walking with four or five of their children, arrived; that when the deceased turned into the driveway she suddenly stopped, saying, “No, Ramiro (appellant), no! ”, then she turned and ran. As she ran the appellant shot her with a rifle and she fell; then the appellant walked to the street, raised the rifle to his shoulder and shot the deceased the second time; and he next went…