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BIRD v. STATE

No. 50213.

527 S.W.2d 891 (1975)

Jerry Joe BIRD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 8, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Tinker and Richard Bradshaw, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Fred Galindo, Dist. Atty., Peter C. Gilman and Joe Hendley, Asst. Dist. Attys., Brownsville, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of capital murder. The punishment assessed is death.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. It is not necessary to detail all facts. Jo Ellen Trammell, wife of the deceased, Vic Trammell, a gun collector, testified that on the evening of January 11, 1974, the appellant Bird and his companion, Korges, appeared at the Trammell house and said they had guns...

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