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DEGRATE v. STATE

No. 10-01-146-CR.

86 S.W.3d 751 (2002)

Gregory DEGRATE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

August 28, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stan Schwieger, Law Office of Stan Schwieger, Waco, for appellant.

John W. Segrest, McLennan County Dist. Atty., Waco, for appellee.

Before Chief Justice DAVIS, Justice VANCE, and Justice GRAY.

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

John and Anna Vernetti, both in their eighties, were killed when the pickup in which they were riding was rammed by a car driven by Gregory Degrate who was in flight from police. An accident reconstructionist testified that Degrate's car was traveling over seventy miles an hour. The wreck occurred on a residential street where the speed limit was thirty miles an hour.

Degrate was separately indicted for manslaughter for...

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