Barfield v. State

63 S.W.3d 446 (2001)

Lonnie Ray BARFIELD, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. 1303-99.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

December 19, 2001.

Joseph W. Varela, Brian W. Wice, Houston, for appellant.

William J. Delmore, III, Assist. DA, Houston, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, First. St. Att., Austin, for state.

Before the court en banc.

WOMACK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which KELLER, P.J., and KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

The resolution of this appeal turns on an issue of the value of evidence given at the "punishment stage" of a trial without a jury.

An indictment…