Rodriguez v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life imprisonment.

It was undisputed that appellant killed the deceased by shooting him with a pistol, the homicide being committed in a bar in the city of Edna which was referred to in the testimony as the Twist Club and Sanchez’s Place.

Ralph Sanchez, operator of the bar and a witness to the killing, testified that on the évening in question the deceased came into the place around 7 p. m. An hour later, appellant and a companion, Eugene Salinas, entered the place. The deceased was sitting at a table, drinking beer. Appellant and…