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COLUNGA v. STATE

No. 44379.

481 S.W.2d 866 (1972)

Ruben V. COLUNGA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearings Denied May 31, 1972.

Second Rehearing Denied July 19, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas & Barrera by Roy R. Barrera, Cecil W. Bain, San Antonio, for appellant.

Ted Butler, Dist. Atty., Charles T. Conaway, John L. Quinlan, III, Lucian B. Campbell and Antonio G. Cantu, Asst. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, one hundred ninety-nine (199) years.

Ruben Colunga was indicted for murder with malice in the stabbing death of Solomon Abdo, Sr., during a robbery at his store. The State contended that Hector Garza, Jesse Gonzales and Jesse Montez entered the store while Colunga circled the block in a car with Feliciana Martinez waiting for his confederates.

Appellant contends there is insufficient...

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