SMITH v. STATE

No. 64412.

676 S.W.2d 379 (1984)

Jack Harry SMITH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Gray (on appeal only), Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., Ray Elvin Speece and Andy Tobias, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder, where the punishment was assessed at death. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 19.03; Article 37.071, V.A.C.P.

On appeal appellant contends that after the selection of five jurors his co-defendant, Hamilton, first agreed to become a State's witness, and the court erred in overruling his motions for mistrial, continuance and to leave to interrogate the five selected...

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