Turner v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder, where the punishment was assessed by the court at life imprisonment as a result of a plea bargain.

All of appellant’s grounds of error relate in one way or another to the finding by the court set forth in the judgment that “a deadly weapon” was exhibited and used during the commission of the offense. Such finding made under the provisions of Article 42.12, §§ 3f(a)(2) and 15(b), V.A.C.C.P., has a definite impact upon appellant’s eligibility for parole and the possible punishment to be served.

Appellant urges that due…