Jennings v. State

OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

Ray Anthony Jennings, appellant, appeals from a jury conviction of capital murder. See TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 19.03 (Vernon Supp.1988). The jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant raises eight points of error on appeal.

We affirm.

On January 4, 1985, Officer Matthews of the Arlington Police Department was dispatched to Possum’s grocery store to perform a “welfare check.” When he arrived, he discovered the body of Dudley, a store employee, in the storeroom. Dudley had been struck in the back of the head with a…