THOMPSON v. STATE

No. 62921.

621 S.W.2d 624 (1981)

John Russell THOMPSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

September 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. N. Rothe, David K. Chapman, San Antonio, for appellant.

Bill M. White, Dist. Atty., and Keith W. Burris, Bill Blagg and Alan E. Battaglia, Asst. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for capital murder. Based on the jury's affirmative answers to the special issues of Article 37.071(b), V.A.C.C.P., the trial court assessed punishment at death.

Appellant raises 16 grounds of error. We shall briefly describe the facts shown at the trial. On the evening of May 21, 1977, Mary Kneupper was counting the day's receipts at the Store & Lok storage facility on Interstate...

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