Jordan v. State

OPINION

REYNOLDS, Commissioner.

Appellant seeks reversal of his conviction for the offense of murder with malice following a jury trial. The jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment.

For reversal, appellant relies on four grounds. The grounds are required to be considered in relation to the recorded events leading to the conviction.

The body of the deceased, Jane Coleen Peyatt, was discovered at the Lancaster city dump in Dallas County at about 10 :45 A.M. on Saturday, August 15, 1970, underneath a cardboard box designed to contain, and bearing the stock or model number of, a Sears Roebuck…