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WICKER v. STATE

No. 68821.

667 S.W.2d 137 (1984)

Chester Lee WICKER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Coltzer, Galveston, David E. Garner, League City, for appellant.

Michael J. Guarino, Dist. Atty. and Jack Brock, David P. Walker and Miguel Martinez, Asst. Dist. Attys., Galveston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder. The jury answered the punishment stage questions under Article 37.071(b), V.A.C.C.P., affirmatively and punishment was assessed at death.

Appellant was charged with having intentionally and knowingly caused the death of a young woman by choking her with his hands and by burying her alive. The facts show that on April 4, 1980, appellant abducted the victim from a shopping...

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