Lott v. State

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of murder and assessed his punishment at 99 years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Although appellant does not contest the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction, a summary of the facts is necessary to place in perspective appellant’s challenge to the admissibility of certain evidence.

Appellant was indicted for killing Rona Lou Brown, the manager of an apartment complex. According to Dorothy Jerauld, Brown’s mother, appellant came to the manager’s office at about 3:00 p.m. on November 9, 1982, and requested that he be…