Legal Opinion
Thomas v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 17, 1979No. 55472-55474PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM J. CORNELIUS, Commissioner.
Appellant was convicted of one charge of murder and two charges of attempted murder. By agreement all three cases were tried together before the same jury. Punishment was set by the jury at fifty years’ confinement in the murder case, and fifteen years’ confinement in each of the attempted murder cases.
The State’s version of the facts was as follows: On December 30, 1975, Michael Robertson, David Whitaker, Randy Marlowe and Alan Shope came to Dallas from Georgia to attend the annual Cotton Bowl game. On Wednesday, December 31, two of the young men met…
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