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GIDDENS v. STATE

No. 10-07-00076-CR.

256 S.W.3d 426 (2008)

David Michael GIDDENS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Overruled May 13, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Sheppard, Keith Bradley, Bradley & Cain, LLC, Burleson, Patrick J. Garner, Fort Worth, for Appellant.

Dale S. Hanna, Johnson County Dist. Atty., Cleburne, for Appellee.

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

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

A jury found David Michael Giddens guilty of both capital murder and injury to a child by omission in the death of his three-month-old adopted son. The capital murder conviction carried an automatic life sentence, and the jury assessed punishment on the injury-to-a-child-by-omission charge at life in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with a $10,000 fine. Giddens appeals on nine issues. In the first seven issues, Giddens...

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