Legal Opinion

Garcia v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 2, 1955No. 27,233PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, 15 years in the penitentiary.

According to the state’s evidence, appellant and the deceased, *250Ysidro Martinez, had an argument, following which appellant went to his home, secured his 12-gauge Remington Pump Shot Gun and fired at the deceased as he ran toward the home of Joe Martinez, his brother. He then approached this house, pushed the barrel of the shot gun through a window screen and again fired at deceased as he stood in the kitchen of his brother’s home. The last shot struck deceased in the stomach and caused his death.

There…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Adams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
  2. Penry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970

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