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STANLEY v. STATE

Nos. 43907, 42540, 43602, 42663, 39803, 41697, 42605, 42306, 44062, 42743, and 42596.

490 S.W.2d 828 (1972)

Billy STANLEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. Theo Ray THAMES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. Robert CURRY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. Roy Earl DAVID, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. Reginald Edison WRIGHT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. Charles C. SMITH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. Cornelius TEA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. Elmer BRANCH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. Samuel MATTHEWS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. Leopoldo MORALES, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. Arlice James HUFFMAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1973.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Bruder, Dallas, James R. Caton, Cleatus M. Phelan, McKinney, for Billy Stanley.

Tom Ryan, County Atty., Tom O'Connell, Asst. County Atty., McKinney, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Will Gray, Houston, Dalton Gandy, Fort Worth, for Theo Ray Thames.

Frank Coffey, Dist. Atty., Truman Power, John Brady, and R. J. Adcock, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Walter S. Smith, Jr. (Court appointed on appeal), G. Stanley Rentz, Waco (Court appointed), for Robert Curry.

Martin D. Eichelberger, Dist. Atty., Frank M. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Kenneth H. Crow and James R. Barlow, Asst. Dist. Attys., Waco, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Will Gray, Johnnie Abercia, Houston, for Roy Earl David.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and Thomas C. Dunn, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Will Gray, Houston, Jack Beech (on appeal only), Alfred J. Jackson, Fort Worth (court appointed), for Reginald Edison Wright.

Frank Coffey, Dist. Atty., Glenn Goodnight, Grady Hight, and Roger Crampton, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Marvin O. Teague, Houston (on appeal only), for Charles C. Smith.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Thomas C. Dunn, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Will Gray, C. C. Divine, Houston, for Cornelius Tea.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Tom Dunn, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Melvyn Carson Bruder, Barry P. Helft, Dallas, Charles Alan Wright, Austin, J. G. Souris, Vernon, for Elmer Branch.

Bill Neal, Dist. Atty., Vernon, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

John B. Patrick, Houston, for Samuel Matthews.

Wiley L. Cheatham, Dist. Atty., Cuero, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Richard T. Marshall, and J. G. Lay, El Paso, for Leopoldo Morales.

Jamie C. Boyd, Dist. Atty., Thomas F. Keever, Asst. Dist. Atty., El Paso, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

David Ball, Jr., Houston (Court appointed), Will Gray, Houston, for Arlice James Huffman.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Erwin G. Ernst, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1973 in Nos. 43907, 43602 and 42306.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1973 in No. 42743.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

These cases come to us on remand from the United States Supreme Court. All appellants were convicted of murder with malice except for Smith and Branch, who were convicted of rape, and punishment was assessed at death. These convictions have all been affirmed by this Court.1 In...

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