Flores v. State

OPINION

MALONEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of capital murder. TexPenal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2). After the jury returned affirmative findings to the two special issues submitted under Tex. Code GrimPboc. Ann. art. 37.071, the trial court imposed the penalty of death. This case is before us on direct appeal. Because appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury’s affirmative answer to the second special issue, we will briefly review the facts in a light most favorable to the verdict.

In the early morning hours of June 29, 1989, the body of the deceased was found in…