Stevens v. State

OPINION

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of attempted murder; the court, finding that the enhancement paragraph of the indictment was true, assessed punishment at thirty-five years’ confinement.

Appellant asserts five grounds of error: the admission into evidence of oral statements made while under arrest, the prosecutor’s use of leading questions with his own witness, inquiry by the prosecutor into details of a prior conviction used for impeachment, and denial of two of appellant’s requested charges.

Appellant and the complainant, Lonnie Carter, had known each other for many years.…