Powell v. State

897 S.W.2d 307 (1994)

David Lee POWELL, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 71399.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

December 7, 1994.

Gerald H. Goldstein, Cynthia Hujar Orr, San Antonio, for appellant.

Ronald Earle, Dist. Atty. & Philip A. Nelson, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Austin, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

MEYERS, Judge.

Upon retrial[1] in November 1991, appellant was convicted under Texas Penal Code § 19.03(a)(1) for the capital murder, committed on May 18, 1978, of a law enforcement officer. The jury affirmatively…