Thompson v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for capital murder. Based on the jury’s affirmative answers to the special issues of Article 37.071(b), V.A.C.C.P., the trial court assessed punishment at death.

Appellant raises 16 grounds of error. We shall briefly describe the facts shown at the trial. On the evening of May 21, 1977, Mary Kneupper was counting the day’s receipts at the Store & Lok storage facility on Interstate Highway 35 and Loop 410 in San Antonio. She operated that business with her husband. Appellant, carrying a .45 caliber pistol, entered her office…