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BOOTH v. STATE

Nos. 63872, 63873.

679 S.W.2d 498 (1984)

Thomas Joe BOOTH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.L. Whitehead, Jr., Longview, for appellant.

Odis, R. Hill, Dist. Atty., Longview, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

TEAGUE, Judge.

Thomas Joe Booth, appellant, was charged by separate indictments that on December 17, 1978, he unlawfully caused the deaths of his adoptive father and natural mother, C.L. and Betty Booth, by stabbing each of them with a knife. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Section 19.02(a)(1).

Pursuant to appellant's motion to consolidate the two indictments for trial purposes, the two causes were tried together. The jury twice found appellant...

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