SATTERWHITE v. STATE

No. 67220.

726 S.W.2d 81 (1986)

John T. SATTERWHITE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Certiorari Granted in Part June 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Woods, Stephen P. Takas, San Antonio, Court-appointed, for appellant.

Bill M. White, Dist. Atty. and Bill Harris, Roy R. Barrera, Jr., and Alan E. Battaglia, Asst. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


Certiorari Granted in Part June 1, 1987. See 107 S.Ct. 2480.

OPINION

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of capital murder. The punishment is death.

The appellant contends that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for new trial. He asserts that the State selectively discriminated against him in violation of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment by prosecuting...

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