Perez v. State

This is an appeal by four of five co-defendants jointly tried and convicted of the offense of burglary of a habitation with intent to commit a felony. Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 30.02(a)(1) (1974). After a jury trial, the court assessed punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections as follows: George Perez, twenty-*836five years; Lorenzo Rocha, fifteen years; Eddie H. Guajardo, ten years; and Manuel Guajardo, twenty-five years.

The record reflects that at approximately 10:30 p. m. on June 15, 1980, in Ballinger, Texas, shortly after a verbal altercation with a female relative of…