Massengale v. State

653 S.W.2d 20 (1983)

Lewis MASSENGALE, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 1053-82.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

June 29, 1983.

Hank Anderson, Wichita Falls, for appellant.

Brock Smith, Dist. Atty. and Patrick Morris, Asst. Dist. Atty., Decatur, Robert Huttash, State's Atty. and Alfred Walker, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ODOM, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder. Punishment was assessed at life. On appeal he raised four grounds of error. The Court of Appeals affirmed, 642…