LeDuc v. State

*680OPINION

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for murder. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 19.02. Punishment was assessed by the jury at fifty years.

Initially, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction. Appellant was charged with the murder of Cheryl Covey in Arlington on June 24, 1976. The State sought to hold her criminally responsible for the acts of her companion, Mike Lipp. Although there was direct evidence of appellant’s participation in the events leading up to the offense, the State relied on circumstantial evidence to prove Lipp’s actual…