Velasquez v. State

727 S.W.2d 580 (1987)

Eugene H. VELASQUEZ, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 1347-85.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

April 8, 1987.

Richard E. Langlois, court appointed on appeal, San Antonio, for appellant.

Sam D. Millsap, Jr., Dist. Atty. and Karen Amos and Daniel Thornberry, Asst. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

A jury convicted appellant for the offense of murder, V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 19.02, and the court assessed punishment at life…