Mims v. State

OPINION

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

We withdraw our previous opinion and judgment dated July 12, 2007 and issue the following opinion in its stead. See Tex.R. App. P. 50.

Appellant, Victor Lamont Mims, appeals from a jury verdict that found him guilty of murder. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 19.02(b) (Vernon 2003). After the jury found him guilty as charged in the indictment, the trial court assessed his punishment at life imprisonment. In two points of error, appellant argues that the trial court erred by admitting hearsay testimony and that his constitutional rights to cross-examination and…