FARRIS v. STATE

No. 69659.

819 S.W.2d 490 (1990)

Troy Dale FARRIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Logan Ware, Jack V. Strickland, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Tim Curry, Dist. Atty., C. Chris Marshall, David L. Richards, Michael Parrish and David Montague, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the Court en banc.


OPINION

MILLER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder which was elevated to capital murder because he murdered Carl Rosenbalm, Jr., a peace officer, while Rosenbalm was acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty as a Tarrant County Deputy Sheriff. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 19.03(a)(1). After the jury answered the submitted special issues in the affirmative, see Art. 37.071, V.A.C.C.P., the trial judge assessed appellant the...

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