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DEMOUCHETTE v. STATE

No. 61160.

591 S.W.2d 488 (1979)

James DEMOUCHETTE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Bank.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis L. Williams, on appeal only, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Michael C. Kuhn and Donald H. Dawson, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder. The jury answered affirmatively the special issues submitted pursuant to Article 37.071, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P., and, accordingly, punishment was assessed at death.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain appellant's conviction for the robbery-murder is not challenged. On October 18, 1976, Jeoffrey Hambrick was the manager of a Pizza Hut restaurant in Houston. Around...

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