VIRTS v. STATE

No. 1169-84.

739 S.W.2d 25 (1987)

Gertrude VIRTS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

October 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Lawrence, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Grant Jones, Dist. Atty., Jack E. Hunter, Charles Vanaman and Jeffery A. Babcock, Asst. Dist. Attys., Corpus Christi, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

Before the Court en banc.


OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

TEAGUE, Judge.

Gertrude Virts, hereinafter appellant, was found guilty by the jury of capital murder, "We, the jury, find the Defendant, Gertrude Virts, guilty of the offense of Capital Murder, under the facts alleged in paragraphs 9 and 10 [of the trial court's charge to the jury]." Because of their importance to our decision to reverse the judgment of the...

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