ZIMMERMAN v. STATE

No. 69058.

750 S.W.2d 194 (1988)

John Charles ZIMMERMAN, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay W. Burnett, Terrence Gaiser, Houston (court appointed), for appellant; Robert A. Morrow, Catherine Greene Burnett, Janet Seymour Morrow, Houston, of counsel.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Robert Moen, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of capital murder.1 After the jury found appellant guilty and answered the two special issues submitted under Article 37.071, V.A.C.C.P., the court imposed the death penalty as required by law. V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 12.31.

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction or the affirmative answers to the special issues....

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