Mayo v. State

OPINION

WHITE, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the capital murder of Kimberly Sue Reeves. Appellant pled not guilty. The jury found appellant guilty of capital murder while in the course of committing aggravated sexual assault. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code Sec. 19.03(a)(2). After the jury returned an affirmative answer to the first two special issues1 in Art. 37.071, V.A.C. C.P., the trial court imposed the sentence of death by lethal injection. This case is before us on direct appeal.

On April 13, 1984, between the hours of 1:30 and 2:30 p.m., the body of the deceased was found next…