Mead v. State

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder. After trial by jury, the court assessed punishment at 20 years in the Texas Department of Corrections. The appellant’s defense was insanity. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. Appellant Mead appeals.

On June 3, 1980, the appellant, with gun in hand, approached the dispatcher at the Victoria County Sheriff’s office. He said, “I just shot a woman.” Wayne Kirkendol, an investigator for the Victoria County Sheriff’s Department, asked the appellant, “Who are you and who have you shot?” The appellant stated that…