WILLIS v. STATE

No. 69936.

785 S.W.2d 378 (1989)

Ernest Ray WILLIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth D. Dehart, Alpine, Steve Woolard, Fort Stockton, for appellant.

J.W. Johnson, Dist. Atty., Fort Stockton, Jim W. James, Sp. Prosecutor, Bryan, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

BERCHELMANN, Judge.

Appellant, Ernest Ray Willis, was convicted of capital murder for the death of Elizabeth Beleu, who died in an intentionally set house fire. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.03. The jury returned affirmative findings to the special issues submitted pursuant to Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art. 37.071(b). Appellant was thereafter sentenced to death.

Appellant raises six issues on appeal: 1) insufficiency of the evidence of appellant...

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