Delgado v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Webb. Tried below before the Hon. A. L. McLane. This appeal is from a conviction for murder of the first degree, with the punishment assessed at a life term in the penitentiary. The salient features of the evidence are concisely but sufficiently stated in the court’s opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
The appellant was tried in the District Court of Webb County on an indictment charging him with the murder of one Rosalio Perez. He was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at a life term in the penitentiary, and from the judgment of the court below he prosecutes this appeal.
The appellant contends that the court below, in its charge to the jury, should have charged on temporary insanity in connection with the charge on drunkenness. The evidence in this regard showed, that the killing occurred about 3 or 4 o’clock in the evening; that the…
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