COVINGTON v. STATE

No. 09-86-00243 CR.

754 S.W.2d 726 (1988)

Cecil Rudolph COVINGTON, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

May 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert G. Garcia, Garcia & Garcia, Conroe, for appellant.

Peter Speers, III, Dist. Atty., Conroe, for appellee.


OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

Appellant was charged with capital murder by intentionally causing the death of Debra Davis by shooting her with a firearm and cutting her with a knife in the course of committing or attempting to commit a robbery of John Vandiver and Debra Davis. In a juried proceeding appellant was found guilty of the lesser included offense of murder. TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 19.02 (Vernon 1974). Thereafter, the jury assessed punishment...

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