Ellis v. State

811 S.W.2d 99 (1991)

JOE COY ELLIS, Appellant

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 631-90.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

May 1, 1991.

Rehearing Overruled July 3, 1991.

Jimmy Morris, Corsicana, for appellant.

Patrick C. Batchelor, Dist. Atty. and Alan Bristol and Donald V. Phillips, Asst. Dist. Attys., Corsicana, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CAMPBELL, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of murder and assessed punishment at sixty years imprisonment. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Ellis v.…