Hernandez v. State

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The state’s evidence revealed that a robbery occurred at the Ramada Inn in Alpine on September 16, 1975. Robert Beard, the clerk on duty at the time, was shot in the head and killed. Palmira Hernandez, an accomplice to the crime, was granted immunity and testified for the state. She testified that she was a former employee of the motel and that Juan Hernandez, Alvaro Hernandez and she planned the robbery. In the planning stages, they obtained a butcher knife and a .22 caliber rifle. They agreed that…