Barron v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

Harry Barron, Jr., appeals from his conviction for the offense of murder. Punishment was assessed by the jury at thirty years.

He contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction, either as the actual perpetrator of the offense or as a party, and that the court erred in submitting a charge to the jury on the law of parties inasmuch as such a charge allowed the jury to convict appellant upon a theory unsupported by the evidence.

On the morning of February 8, 1975, the body of Henry Guzman was found by Lubbock County Sheriff’s officers on a farm-to-market…