VILLARREAL v. STATE

No. 59515.

576 S.W.2d 51 (1978)

Jesse VILLARREAL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald B. Dailey, Jr., Corpus Christi, for appellant.

William B. Mobley, Jr., Dist. Atty. and Eric G. Brown, Asst. Dist. Atty., Corpus Christi, for the State.

Before the Court en banc.


Rehearing En Banc Denied February 7, 1979.

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of capital murder following a change of venue from Nueces County. The punishment was assessed at death.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred: (1) in refusing to instruct the jury that two witnesses were accomplice witnesses as a matter of law, (2) in finding a deaf witness was competent to testify, (3) in refusing to instruct the jury concerning...

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