Perez v. State

271 S.W.2d 281 (1954)

Rudolfo PEREZ, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 26960.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 19, 1954.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1954.

Travis Smith, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for the murder of Manuel Garcia and his punishment was assessed at 32 years in the penitentiary.

On the night of May 12, 1953, officers responding to a call went to the B-Wise Bar in Corpus Christi, operated by George Wise. They there found the deceased Manuel Garcia dead or in a dying condition from…