Ward v. State

615 S.W.2d 752 (1981)

Howard Daniel WARD, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 60242.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 2.

May 20, 1981.

Jim D. Rudd, Brownfield, for appellant.

E. W. Boedeker, Dist. Atty. and Warren J. New, Asst. Dist. Atty., Levelland, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before DALLY, W. C. DAVIS and CLINTON, JJ.

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction in which the punishment assessed by the jury is ninety nine years.

Initially we observe a matter which must be addressed in the interest of justice. See Article 40.09, § 13,…