Martinez v. State

318 S.W.2d 66 (1958)

Eusebio Regalado MARTINEZ, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 29887.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 18, 1958.

On Rehearing November 5, 1958.

Merritt F. Hines, Midland, Rex Emerson, Odessa, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

The State's evidence shows that on the night in question Leslie Riggins and his wife went to a night club in the City of Midland around midnight, taking with them their five young children, including their baby girl, Cynthia, 9 months of age.…