GIBSON v. STATE

No. 48849.

516 S.W.2d 406 (1974)

Andrew GIBSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Prichard, Austin, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough & Donald Lambright, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for the offense of rape; punishment was assessed by a jury at death but was commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Preston Smith on September 14, 1972. Counsel for the appellant originally filed a brief reciting that he could find no grounds of error and that the appeal was frivolous and without merit. A supplemental brief was filed later, citing one possible ground of error and asserting...

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