Keeton v. State

OPINION FOLLOWING ABATEMENT

MILLER, Judge.

Appeal was taken from a conviction for capital murder. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 19.03. After finding appellant guilty, the jury returned affirmative findings to the special issues under Art. 37.071(b), V.A.C. C.P. Punishment was assessed at death. We issued one opinion reforming the punishment in the judgment to life and affirming the case, and then granted rehearing on our own motion and abated the appeal for a trial court hearing concerning the prosecutor’s use of peremptory strikes. Keeton v. State, 724 S.W.2d 58 (Tex.Cr.App.1987). The trial court…