Vanderbilt v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder. The jury returned affirmative findings on each issue submitted under Article 37.071(b), V.A.C.C.P., and accordingly, the punishment was assessed at death.

The evidence reflects that the deceased, Katina Moyer, was abducted by the appellant, a former Amarillo police officer, at gunpoint from an Amarillo high school at about 3:15 p. m. on April 1, 1975. She was evidently handcuffed and was forcibly taken to appellant’s house and subsequently was taken outside the city limits but within Potter County where appellant shot…