McKay v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MILLER, Judge.
This is an appeal taken from a conviction of capital murder. Y.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 19.03(a)(2). The death penalty was imposed after the jury answered affirmatively the special issues submitted under Art. 37.071, V.A.C.C.P. Appellant brings twenty grounds of error before this Court. We affirm the conviction.
Although appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction, a brief recitation of the facts will be of assistance in our resolution of his grounds of error.
In 1978 appellant met Kevin Long, subsequently a key State’s witness against…
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