Gardner v. State

OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder. Punishment was assessed at death.

On August 26, 1980, two fourteen year old runaways, Rocky Allen Crecy and Kan-di Kae Reynolds, were hitchhiking along an interstate highway near Weatherford. Apellant, who was driving by, stopped and picked the teenagers up. Appellant drove the pair down the interstate and eventually turned down a gravel road. He pulled off the road beside a bridge and told the teenagers to get out of the car. The trio walked down the embankment. There the appellant stabbed Crecy numerous times and…