State v. Rangel

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

This is an appeal from a conviction of first degree murder and a sentence of life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. Briefly, the facts are as follows: Medardo Cantu and his wife drove defendant’s daughter, Julia, and one Basilio Aquero to New Mexico to be married, and all returned to Ulysses the same day. Defendant, learning these facts, took his gun and called at Cantu’s home about 1:00 o’clock the next morning, where during the altercation that followed, Cantu was shot twice. Mrs. Cantu ran to a neighbor’s home and defendant went…