TUCKER v. STATE

No. 69327.

771 S.W.2d 523 (1988)

Karla Faye TUCKER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1989.

Certiorari Denied June 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George McCall Secrest, Jr. (on appeal only), Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty. & Cathleen C. Herasimchuk & Joe Magliolo, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


Certiorari Denied June 26, 1989. See 109 S.Ct. 3230.

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of capital murder pursuant to V.T.C.A. Penal Code § 19.03(a)(2). After the jury answered the two special issues submitted in the affirmative, the trial court assessed her punishment at death. Appellant raises nine points of error, including sufficiency of the evidence.

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