Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas November 10, 2010, PD-0811-09 (Welsh, Ralph Franklin)

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NOS. PD-0969-09 & PD-0811-09

JULIAN MARS MCKITHAN & RALPH FRANKLIN WELSH, Appellants

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON APPELLANTS’ PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE FIRST & SECOND COURTS OF APPEALS

HARRIS & TARRANT COUNTIES

HERVEY , J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER , P.J., MEYERS,

WOMACK , KEASLER , HOLCOMB and COCHRAN , JJ., joined.