Legal Opinion
Alvarado v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided August 29, 1991No. Nos. 13-90-256-CR to 13-90-258-CRPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NYE, Chief Justice.
Appellant was separately indicted for the burglary of Kenneth Wilson’s habitation, the capital murder of Kenneth Wilson, and the capital murder of his wife, Stella Wilson. The indictments were jointly tried. The jury found appellant guilty of burglary as charged but, on the capital murder indictments, found him guilty only of the *794lesser included offenses of murder. The jury then assessed punishments of 60 years in prison for each murder and 45 years in prison for the burglary. The trial court ordered the sentences to run consecutively. We affirm.
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2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by9 opinions
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