Dominguez v. State

OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

The conviction was for murder with malice in a trial by jury; the punishment, One Hundred One (101) years.

On August 12, 1972, appellant killed James DeBerry by shooting 'him twice with a .22 pistol about 12:30 P.M. at the loading dock of the Alderman-Cave Mill in Winters. DeBerry was supervisor at the mill. As he and an employee were standing on the dock talking a white automobile occupied by two Mexican-Americans drove up and stopped near the dock. The passenger in the car, appellant, called deceased over to the car, they talked briefly, appellant produced a…