Meza v. State

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is challenged.

The question is whether the circumstantial evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the state, is sufficient to sustain the jury’s finding that the appellant is the person who committed the offense.

The deceased, a 50 year old Latin American, 5 feet 6 inches in height and weighing 181 pounds, met his death in Houston shortly after 1:15 A.M. by being stabbed in the back.

The wound was described by the Harris County Medical Examiner, whose…