JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 536-97.

982 S.W.2d 403 (1998)

Samuel Lovert JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

October 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Hinton, Houston, for appellant.

S. Elaine Roch, Assistant District Attorney, Houston, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MANSFIELD, Judge, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BAIRD, MEYERS, KELLER, PRICE, and HOLLAND, Judges, joined.

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