Rangel v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder with malice. The punishment was assessed by a jury at 30 years confinement. The appellant was charged with voluntarily and with malice aforethought killing John Reyes, Jr., by cutting him with a knife.

The record reflects that Reyes was stabbed to death in the Super-Tote grocery in Stafford, Fort Bend County on the night of August 21, 1969. On that night, the deceased Reyes and his father entered the store. Reyes went outside and a few minutes later came running back into the store with appellant chasing him. After appellant…