Sanchez v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Conviction for murder; punishment, six years in the penitentiary.

Appellant shot and killed one Cisneros at a drinking place in San Antonio. His plea on this trial was that one Chapa had drawn a knife on him shortly before, and had threatened to kill him, and that when deceased came up behind him, took him by the shoulder and pulled him around, he thought it was Chapa, and so believing shot. The proof shows that Chapa was put out of the place by the bartender shortly before the shooting and after the alleged threat. The proof further shows that appellant went into the place…