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GHOLSON v. STATE

Nos. 51920 and 51921.

542 S.W.2d 395 (1976)

Selwynn Barry GHOLSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. Larry Joe ROSS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 20, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Brown, Temple, James H. Kreimeyer, Belton, for appellant.

Joe Carroll, Dist. Atty., Bob D. Odom, Troy C. Hurley, Asst. Dist. Attys., Belton, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeals are taken from convictions for capital murder. Appellants were tried in a joint trial following a change of venue from Bell County. Each appellant's punishment was set at death.

On September 14, 1974, appellants Selwynn Barry Gholson and Larry Joe Ross entered the Walburg State Bank in Walburg. They ordered the bank's vice-president, an employee, and a customer to lie down on the floor at gunpoint. About $3,000...

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