LANGLEY v. STATE

No. 12-86-0060-CR.

723 S.W.2d 813 (1987)

Gerald LANGLEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Denied February 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene M. McElyea and Neil L. Durrance, Turner & Durrance, Crockett, for appellant.

Don Gordon, Dist. Atty., Crockett, and David P. Weeks, State Prosecutor, Huntsville, for appellee.


COLLEY, Justice.

Gerald Langley was convicted by a jury of aggravated kidnapping. The jury assessed his punishment at twenty-five years' confinement. We affirm.

The record shows that on October 15, 1984, Langley and approximately five other inmates of the Eastham Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections confined in the north solitary unit, "shorted" the electronic door locks on all individual cells in the solitary unit, thereby opening the automatic door...

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