Grayson v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. Punishment was assessed by the jury at 250 years.

Appellant’s sole contention on appeal is that the trial court committed reversible error when it allowed testimony concerning an extraneous offense to be introduced into evidence over appellant’s objection.

The record reflects that on February 5, 1970, Harold C. McBride, the proprietor of the Payless Liquor Store in Dallas, suffered gunshot wounds during the course of a robbery of his store from which he later died. It is undisputed that, shortly prior to the robbery on…