FAZZINO v. STATE

No. 50796.

531 S.W.2d 818 (1976)

Johnny Nickolos FAZZINO, aka John Nick Fazzino aka Johnny Nick Fazzino, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 11, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barron & Barron, Bryan, Texas, for appellant.

W. T. McDonald, Jr., Dist. Atty., J. Bradley Smith, Asst. Dist. Atty., Bryan, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty. and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the murder of his wife. Punishment was assessed at twenty years.

In the first two grounds of error, appellant complains of evidence of bad character that was admitted at trial. This included testimony by several witnesses that while married to the deceased he had slept with numerous women, urged one woman to engage in prostitution, asked a woman to get a date for him, smoked marihuana, and other infractions...

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