Speering v. State

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Kenneth Wayne Speering was convicted of murder and assessed punishment at twenty years’ confinement and a $10,000.00 fine. On appeal, he asserts that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction. He also contends that the trial court erred in excluding background evidence supporting expert witnesses’ testimony, and in refusing to declare a mistrial because of inflammatory remarks by a State’s witness and because of improper jury argument. We overrule these contentions and affirm the judgment. We agree, however, with a point contending that a “deadly weapon”…