Ortiz v. State

OPINION

BULLOCK, Justice.

Appellant was originally indicted and tried in Fort Bend County for murder. However, the trial court declared a mistrial when the jury could not reach a verdict on guilt or innocence. The cause was then transferred by change of venue to Comal County, where a jury found appellant guilty of murder and assessed punishment at fifteen years confinement.

We affirm.

On July 16, 1982, game wardens discovered four badly decomposed bodies along the Brazos River in Fort Bend County. Further investigation disclosed that the vie-*660tims had been Salvadoran nationals, illegal aliens who…