BUTLER v. STATE

No. 01-94-00252-CR.

981 S.W.2d 849 (1998)

Bobby Gene BUTLER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

October 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcelyn Curry, Houston, for Appellant.

John B. Holmes, William Delmore, III, Houston, for Appellee.

Before MIRABAL, HEDGES and ANDELL, JJ.


Published in Part Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 90.

OPINION

HEDGES, Justice.

Appellant, Bobby Gene Butler, was convicted by a jury of capital murder. The State did not seek the death penalty. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial judge. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 12.31(a) (Vernon 1994). We affirm.

Facts

During the early morning hours of July 13, 1993, Frederick Jones, a forklift operator, was driving...

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