Selvage v. State

OPINION

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder. Punishment was assessed at death.

The record reveals that on July 30, 1979, at approximately 6:15 p.m., Brenda Joseph entered Ventura’s Jewelry Store in Houston. Several minutes later, appellant and Wilbur Kelly 1 entered the store; both carried shoulder bags. Also present in the store at that time were: Stephen Ventura, the store owner; the victim, Harris County Deputy Sheriff Albert, Garza; 2 and Char-lye Jo Ivy and Ken Roberts, employees of Ventura.

Ventura testified that when appellant, Kelly, and Joseph…