De La Garza v. State

OPINION

BUTTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for attempted capital murder. The jury found appellant guilty and assessed punishment at sixteen (16) years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. We affirm the judgment.

Officer Daniel Esparza of the Kenedy Police Department answered a disturbance call on September 6, 1980. Arriving at the location about 4:00 a.m., he stated he saw several people in the bar ditch and street outside a mobile home. He testified that some of them, including the appellant, were intoxicated. A dice game was in progress inside the mobile home.…