Gonzales, Michael Dean

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. AP-76,176

MICHAEL DEAN GONZALES, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON DIRECT APPEAL FROM CAUSE NO. D-23,730

IN THE 358TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

ECTOR COUNTY

Hervey, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Keller, P.J., Meyers, Price, Keasler, Cochran and alcala, JJ., joined. Cochran, J., filed a concurring opinion. Johnson, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Womack, J., dissented.

O P I N I O N

Appellant was convicted in December 1995 of capital murder. Tex. Penal Code § 19.03(a)(2). Based on the jury's answers to the special issues set forth in the…