Lopez v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

These are appeals from convictions for the offense of murder after a change of venue from Dallas County. Appellants were tried jointly and punishment was assessed at death for each of them.

Trial took place in June, 1971. Judgments were entered on June 29, 1971.

The Supreme Court of the United States, on June 29, 1972, overruled the prior holdings of this and other courts in a per curiam opinion in Furman v. Georgia (death penalty assessed in murder conviction), 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 and in Branch v. Texas (death penalty assessed in rape…