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YOUNG v. STATE

No. 58603.

594 S.W.2d 428 (1980)

Jack YOUNG, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 1.

February 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. Phillips, Angleton, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Michael C. Kuhn and L. E. Wilson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ONION, P. J., and DOUGLAS and W. C. DAVIS, JJ.

OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. Punishment, enhanced by two prior convictions, was assessed at life imprisonment.

At the outset, we note as unassigned error in the interest of justice,1 fundamental error in the court's charge which mandates the reversal of appellant's conviction.

V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Section 19.02, provides...

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