LAGAITE v. STATE

No. 01-96-01302-CR.

995 S.W.2d 860 (1999)

Luis Santos LAGAITE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

June 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Blazek, Smither, Martin, Henderson & Blazek, P.C., Huntsville, for Appellant.

David Weeks, Philip Loyd Hall, Criminal District Attorneys, Huntsville, for State.

Panel consists of Chief Justice SCHNEIDER and Justices WILSON and ANDELL.


OPINION

SCHNEIDER, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted appellant, Luis Santos Lagaite, of capital murder. Because the State did not seek the death penalty, punishment was automatically assessed at confinement for life. We affirm.

FACTS

Appellant and Carler Allen had been married for eight of the 12 years they had known each other. They had four children, Alexia, Shamail, Natasha, and Kashina...

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