DURROUGH v. STATE

No. 57347.

562 S.W.2d 488 (1978)

Fred T. DURROUGH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

March 8, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald H. Goldstein, Van G. Hilley, San Antonio, court appointed, for appellant.

Bill M. White, Dist. Atty., Charles T. Conaway, Lucien B. Campbell and Bennie F. Steinhauser, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder in which the death penalty was assessed.

We are confronted at the outset with glaring error that requires reversal under a long line of well-established precedent. Some cases present close issues, but this is not such an issue: the law here is clear, and leaves no alternative but to reverse the conviction and to remand this capital punishment case for a new trial.

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