HAMILTON v. STATE

No. 6-84-115-CR.

699 S.W.2d 576 (1985)

Sammy Jack HAMILTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

August 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack L. Paris, Jr., Joe Weis, Greenville, for appellant.

F. Duncan Thomas, Dist. Atty. of Hunt County, Greenville, for appellee.


BLEIL, Justice.

Sammy Hamilton appeals the trial court's denial of a preconviction writ of habeas corpus, claiming that the evidence is legally insufficient to support the jury's verdict and to support a finding that the grand jury used reasonable diligence to ascertain the means by which Hamilton allegedly strangled the victim. We affirm the trial court's judgment.

A grand jury indicted Hamilton for capital murder by strangling the victim by means unknown...

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