Still v. State

McKAY, Justice.

Upon a plea of not guilty, appellant was found guilty of the offense of murder by a jury, which assessed his punishment at 20 years confinement.

In his first ground of error appellant contends the trial court erred in failing to respond to his timely objection to the *674court’s failure to charge on the law of circumstantial evidence. However, the Court of Criminal Appeals has recently-held in Hankins v. State, 646 S.W.2d 191, 197-200 (Tex.Cr.App.1983), that a charge on circumstantial evidence is not only unnecessary but improper where, as here, the court’s charge properly instructs…