Ballew v. State

640 S.W.2d 237 (1980)

Francis Van Eldon BALLEW, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 59663.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

December 17, 1980.

On Rehearing October 27, 1982.

Lawrence B. Mitchell, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Steve Wilensky and Hugh Lucas, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ROBERTS, ODOM and PHILLIPS, JJ.

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder. Punishment was assessed at life imprisonment.

Appellant contends that the court erred in allowing discovery of…