Lewis v. State

OPINION

CAMPBELL, Judge.

After a trial held in April 1987, an Angelina County jury found appellant, David Lee Lewis, guilty of the November 1986 capital murder of a female, M_ R_ The aggravating element of the murder was provided by appellant’s commission of it while in the course of burglarizing a habitation. 1 See Tex.Penal Code § 19.-03(a)(2). At the punishment phase, the jury answered affirmatively the punishment issues set forth in Article 37.071 § 2(b) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, 2 and appellant was sentenced to death. Direct appeal to this Court was then automatic under…