RUSSELL v. STATE

No. 2-88-189-CR.

798 S.W.2d 632 (1990)

Alonzo Curtis RUSSELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, State.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

November 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Cotton, Gossom, Cotton & Knight, Wichita Falls, for appellant.

Barry L. Macha, Crim. Dist. Atty., John W. Brasher, Asst. Dist. Atty., Wichita Falls, for State.

Before MEYERS, FARRIS and CLYDE R. ASHWORTH (Retired, Sitting by Assignment), JJ.


OPINION

MEYERS, Justice.

Appellant, Alonzo Curtis Russell, was convicted in a trial to the jury of capital murder. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.03 (Vernon 1974). Appellant pled not guilty. The jury found appellant guilty and following the jury's deadlock over the deliberate nature of the offense, the court, pursuant to TEX.CODE CRIM.PROC. ANN. art. 37.071(e) (Vernon 1981), sentenced appellant to life imprisonment.

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