Campbell v. State

545 S.W.2d 791 (1977)

Robert Lacy CAMPBELL, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 51582.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 19, 1977.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 1977.

Kenneth H. Crow and Frank M. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Waco, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Robert C. Bennett, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

In a trial before a jury appellant was convicted of murder with malice. Punishment was assessed at fifty-two years.

In his…