FENTIS v. STATE

No. 51361.

582 S.W.2d 779 (1976)

Marvin FENTIS v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Sayer, on appeal only, Houston, for appellant; Craig A. Washington and Ealy A. Bennett, Houston, of counsel.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and Robert C. Bennett, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for murder under our former Penal Code. A jury assessed punishment at thirty-eight years.

Two grounds of error are raised. The first contends that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of appellant's resistance of arrest, flight, and eventual arrest, during which episode a police officer was shot in the knee. These events occurred in Garland; the murder forming the basis of this prosecution...

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