Houston v. State

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder. The questions presented are (1) whether the circumstantial evidence presented was sufficient to prove appellant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, (2) whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying appellant’s motion for new trial based on newly discovered evidence, (3) whether the definition of “intentional” in the Texas Penal Code is unconstitutional, (4) whether the definition of “intentional” in the court’s charge contained a fundamental variance from the statutory definition, (5) whether certain…