Legal Opinion

Finch v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 23, 1982No. 2-81-074-CRPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JORDAN, Justice.

Bobby Dale Finch was indicted on April 5,1977, for the offense of murder alleged to have been committed by him on March 5, 1977. He was tried and convicted by jury on July 26, 1979, and his punishment assessed at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections.

We affirm.

The appeal is based on eight alleged grounds of error.

The evidence shows that on the night of March 5,1977, appellant, who had spent the evening drinking at the “Ship’s Wheel”, a private club in Granbury, Texas, stabbed one Bill Estes from behind nine times, causing his death on the same…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Stone v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  2. DeBolt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. Faulkner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Finch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  2. Maddox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
  3. Finch v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
  4. Kennedy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
  5. Finch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982

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