Baker v. State

707 S.W.2d 893 (1986)

James Earl BAKER, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 135-85.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

January 15, 1986.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 1986.

Herb Ritchie, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., and James C. Brough and Casey O'Brien, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huitash, State's Atty., Alfred Walker, First Asst., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

A jury found appellant guilty of attempted murder and the court assessed ten years. The First…