Court Opinion

ID: 4900369
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-09-03 00:43:28.219186+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:12:54.405909
License: Public Domain

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in Ward County for the offense of assault to murder and given two years in the penitentiary, from which he appeals.
We find no bills of exception and no brief in behalf of the appellant presenting his theory of the case. We have carefully examined the record and find the proceedings to be regular. The evidence amply justifies the jury’s verdict. It shows that Helen Cruz, the injured party, and appellant were in a beer and eating joint in or near the town of Grand Falls. They were Mexicans and their conversation with each other was not understood by the witness present. It is revealed, however, that they were sweethearts and while drinking together the appellant pulled a pistol and shot the girl several times. One wound was in the left temple, one in the neck, one in the shoulder and one in the chest. The physician who examined her testified that more than one of these wounds would ordinarily have produced death. The evidence sets forth no defense. The appellant himself did not take the stand and explain away the implication which arises from the circumstances that he intended to take her life.
There is no question of law presented for discussion, and the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.