Jurek v. State

522 S.W.2d 934 (1975)

Jerry Lane JUREK, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 49416.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 16, 1975.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1975.

George I. Middaugh & Emmett T. Summers, III, Cuero, for appellant.

Wiley L. Cheatham, Dist. Atty., Cuero, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, under Article 1257, Vernon's Ann.P.C.[1] and Article 37.071, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.,[2] death.

The offense occurred in Cuero. The record reflects that after spending the…