Ladner v. State

HOLCOMB, Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict finding Appellants, Thomas E. Ladner, James M. Hyden, and Billy Ray Horton, guilty of murder. The jury assessed Ladner’s punishment at 28 years imprisonment, Hyden’s punishment at 14 years imprisonment, and Horton’s punishment at 10 years imprisonment. Appellants were indicted separately but their cases were consolidated for trial. Thomas E. Ladner’s and James M. Hyden’s appeals have been consolidated in this opinion as Hyden adopted Appellant Ladner’s brief which brings 33 points of error.

Billy Ray Horton’s appeal will be addressed by a…