Reed v. State

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

A Victoria County jury convicted Albert Reed, Jr., of the murder of Barbara Jean Serrato. The trial court then assessed Reed’s punishment at life imprisonment. The appellant brings to our attention five rulings of the trial court, which he insists are erroneous. We affirm.

On June 8, 1980, Officer Robert Mayfield of the Victoria Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in an apartment building. Upon arriving at the scene, he discovered a wounded man lying in the bedroom and a woman lying on a couch with several bullet wounds to her body. Although both were…