DRAUGHON v. STATE

No. 69863.

831 S.W.2d 331 (1992)

Martin Allen DRAUGHON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Bridgwater, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., Winston E. Cochran, Jr., and Jan Krocker, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the Court en banc.


OPINION

BENAVIDES, Judge.

After robbing the employees of a Houston restaurant at gunpoint, and while fleeing the scene of his crime, Appellant shot Armando Guerrero, a bystander, to death. For this offense he was convicted of capital murder. See Penal Code, § 19.03(a)(2). The jury answered the special punishment issues affirmatively, and the trial judge sentenced him to death. Art. 37.071(b), V.A.C.C.P. His appeal to this Court is automatic....

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