Guerra v. State

478 S.W.2d 483 (1972)

Amadeo GUERRA, Jr., Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 44694.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 12, 1972.

Jack Paul Leon, San Antonio, for appellant.

Ward P. Casey, Dist. Atty., Waxahachie, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, twenty-five (25) years.

The record reflects that appellant was indicted for murder with malice in the death of Texas Highway Patrolman Travis Locker. Appellant was 16 years old at the time of the incident.

The…