Beltran v. State

OPINION

SCOTT BRISTER, Chief Justice.

In 1989, a Walker County jury found that appellant, while serving time in prison for one murder, had committed another. The jurors were charged as to both capital murder and murder; they convicted him of the former. In 1993, the Court of Criminal Appeals reversed, finding insufficient evidence of remuneration. Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(3); Beltran v. State, No. 70,888 (Tex.Crim.App. Apr. 28, 1993) (not designated for publication).

In 1995, a new indictment was issued charging appellant with murder based on the same occurrence. He was again convicted, and…