SMITH v. STATE

No. 71794.

919 S.W.2d 96 (1996)

Rickie Wayne SMITH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry K. Oncken, Houston, for appellant.

Karen A. Clark, Assist. Dist. Atty., Houston, Robert A. Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

BAIRD, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of capital murder in November of 1993. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2). Pursuant to the jury's answers to the punishment issues of Tex.Code Crim.Proc. art. 37.071 §§ 2(b) and (e), the trial judge sentenced appellant to death. Id. at § 2(g). Appeal to this Court is automatic. Id. at § 2(h). We will affirm.

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