Howard Kenneth Dermody, II AKA Bear v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-02-00279-CR

Howard Kenneth Dermody, II AKA Bear, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 27TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 51,812, HONORABLE JOE CARROLL, JUDGE PRESIDING

A jury found appellant Howard Kenneth Dermody, II, guilty of capital murder. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2) (West 1994). Because the State did not seek the death penalty, the court assessed punishment at imprisonment for life. See id. § 12.31(a); Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 37.071, § 1 (West Supp. 2002). Appellant contends the…