McManus v. State

591 S.W.2d 505 (1979)

Vernon Eugene McMANUS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 58886.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

December 5, 1979.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1980.

Mark Vela and Stanley G. Schneider, Houston, Don Smith, Baytown, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Michael C. Kuhn, Stu Stewart and Michael J. Hinton, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder, wherein the punishment was assessed at death. Appellant was…