Burnett v. State

642 S.W.2d 765 (1982)

Linda May BURNETT

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 65324.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

October 27, 1982.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 1983.

Joseph C. Hawthorn, court appointed on appeal only, Beaumont, for appellant.

James S. McGrath, Dist. Atty., and John R. DeWitt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

This is an automatic appeal[1] from a conviction for capital murder[2] in which the punishment assessed is death.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged, and,…