Smith v. State

OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

A jury found appellant guilty of murder and assessed his punishment at seventy-five years.

Evidence adduced at trial showed that the victim was shot and killed by appellant at approximately 2:00 p.m. on May 31, 1979. His body was found by law enforcement authorities an hour or two later, tied to a metal feed trough which had been anchored in the bottom of a deep hole in a creek. Appellant’s theory at trial was that he had acted in self-defense. Because a detailed rendition of the testimony is necessary for resolution of appellant’s grounds of error, we now summarize the…