Harris v. State

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

Before us for automatic review, mandated by Article 37.071(f), V.A.C.C.P., is a conviction for capital murder under V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 19.03(a)(2) and sentence of death assessed pursuant to Article 37.071(e), V.A.C.C.P. The victim was a motorist who had stopped to help appellant and his three companions, stranded outside Bryan. One of those companions, James Charles Manuel, appellant’s .codefendant, was convicted of capital murder and received a sentence of life imprisonment. Another, Curtis Paul Harris, appellant’s brother, was tried separately, was convicted of…