Campos v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is murder. The punishment assessed is death.

The record is before us without any bills of exception or any objections to the court’s charge. His only complaint is that under the evidence the punishment assessed against him is excessive.

The court, upon being advised that appellant was without counsel and unable to employ one, appointed Joseph J. Roybal, a practicing attorney, to represent appellant on his trial.

The evidence adduced by the State upon the trial, briefly stated, shows that both appellant and deceased had come to this state from Mexico a short time prior…