James Friend v. State

In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana No. 06-15-00099-CR JAMES FRIEND, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 102nd District Court Bowie County, Texas Trial Court No. 14F0439-102 Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Justice Burgess MEMORANDUM OPINION James Friend pled guilty to murdering Larry Gray, who had been dating Friend’s estranged wife, Traci Friend. Friend submitted the matter of punishment to the jury, which rejected Friend’s sudden passion defense and assessed punishment at life in prison. On…