Fairow v. State

943 S.W.2d 895 (1997)

James Andrew FAIROW, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 508-96

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

April 30, 1997.

Dennis Yates, Allen C. Isbell, Houston, for appellant.

William J. Delmore, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

KELLER, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of capital murder (murder in the course of a robbery) and the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment pursuant to Article 37.071 of the Texas Code of Criminal…