DeVaughn v. State

749 S.W.2d 62 (1988)

Lernard DeVAUGHN, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 1062-84.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

April 13, 1988.

David K. Chapman (court appointed), Fort Worth, Mark Stevens, San Antonio, for appellant.

Sam D. Millsap, Jr., Dist. Atty., and Edwin E. Springer, Edward Coffey and Edward F. Shaughnessy, III, Asst. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

Following his plea of not guilty, a jury convicted appellant of the first…