Case ID: sw_291/html/1117-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "MORROW, P. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Guadalupe AVILA v. STATE.
    (No. 10798.)
    (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    March 16, 1927.)
    Appeal from District Court, Wilson County; Covey C. Thomas, Judge.
    S. B. Carr, of Floresville, for appellant.
    Sam D. Stinson, State’s Atty., of Austin, and Robt. M. Lyles, Asst. State’s Atty., of Groesbeck, for the State.
   MORROW, P. J.

Under an indictment for murder, appellant was convicted of manslaughter; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years. That the appellant shot and killed Pete Sekula is an established fact. The fatal shot was fired at .the home of the appellant, who was living upon the land of the deceased. A controversy took place, in which, according to the version of the appellant and his wife, the deceased was abusive in his language and threatening in his manner. This is in conflict with the res gestae statement of the deceased. A recital of the evidence in detail is deemed unnecessary. Suffice it to say that it is sufficient to support the verdict. There is no complaint' of any matter of procedure. The judgment is affirmed.