TURNER v. STATE

No. 68859.

635 S.W.2d 734 (1982)

Joseph Paul TURNER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

July 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Gibson, El Paso, for appellant.

Steve W. Simmons, Dist. Atty., and Ruben Bustamante, Asst. Dist. Atty., El Paso, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of capital murder. Punishment was assessed at death.

Appellant now contends insufficient evidence was adduced to show that appellant committed the murder in the course of a robbery arising from the theft of property owned by Laura Iaeger, in that ownership was not proved in Iaeger.

Iaeger testified that she had been the manager of the donut store where the victim worked and was slain, and...

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