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FRANKLIN v. STATE

No. 57348.

606 S.W.2d 818 (1978)

Donald Gene FRANKLIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Opinion on Rehearing October 24, 1979.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Tinker, Corpus Christi, Clarence Williams, Pat Priest, San Antonio, for appellant.

Ted Butler and Bill M. White, Dist. Attys., Charles T. Conaway, Gordon V. Armstrong, Bill Harris, Alan E. Battaglia and Bennie F. Steinhauser, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder; punishment was assessed at death. Appellant was indicated in Bexar County, but a change of venue to Nueces County was ordered.

Appellant raises forty-five grounds of error. In our discussion, we shall group these grounds into the following categories: sufficiency of the evidence and closely related issues; denial of requested jury charges; admission and exclusion of evidence...

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