STEPHENS v. STATE

No. 01-81-0051-CR.

630 S.W.2d 680 (1981)

Wendell Blake STEPHENS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Discretionary Review Granted May 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Hebert, Baytown, for appellant.

Larry P. Urquhart, Houston, for appellee.

Before SMITH, BASS and DUGGAN, JJ.


SMITH, Justice.

The appellant was found guilty of attempted capital murder by a jury. His punishment was assessed at thirty years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The evidence in the case reveals that on February 23, 1978, the appellant and his brother attempted to rob a grocery store in Houston. An employee of the grocery store set off a silent alarm, and two police officers in the immediate vicinity arrived moments later. After a cursory...

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