TREVINO v. STATE

No. 69337.

815 S.W.2d 592 (1991)

Joe Mario TREVINO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied September 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Art Brender, Terry M. Casey and Frank P. Colosi (Court-appointed on appeal), Fort Worth, and Charles Van Cleve (Court-appointed on appeal), Arlington, for appellant.

Tim Curry, Dist. Atty., and C. Chris Marshall, Mary Thornton Taylor and Rufus Adcock, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth,

Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

McCORMICK, Presiding Judge.

On January 17, 1983, the body of eightyyear-old Blanche Miller was found inside her ransacked home. The victim had been strangled and raped. Numerous items were stolen during the offense including a television, a stereo, a radio and the victim's car. Appellant was convicted of this capital offense and his punishment was assessed at death. This is an appeal from that conviction.

In his first point of error, appellant...

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