Bratcher v. State

OPINION

ONION, Justice (Assigned).

This appeal is taken from a conviction for murder where the jury, after finding the appellant guilty, assessed punishment at confinement in the Department of Corrections for life.

The appellant advances six points of error, but does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. We shall briefly mention the facts to place the points of error in proper perspective.

The State’s evidence shows that on the morning of May 7, 1987, the deceased, Debra Sue Cotton, age 19, borrowed a car to run an errand. She did not return. On the evening of…