Pyles v. State

OPINION

WHITE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of capital murder. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code Sec. 19.-02(a)(1). After the jury made affirmative answers to the three special issues submitted under Art. 37.071, V.A.C.C.P., the trial court imposed the penalty of death by lethal injection. This case is before us on direct appeal.

The appellant presents us with fifteen points of error. A review of the facts is necessary.

During the early morning hours of June 20, 1982, Dallas County Sheriffs officer Ray Kovar was shot to death while investigating a suspected burglary. Kovar and his partner, Dwaine Crain,…