Wells v. State

OPINION

Opinion by:

SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

A jury found appellant Darryl Wells guilty of the murder of Tim Davila and assessed punishment at sixty-five years’ confinement. On appeal, appellant asserts the trial court erred in (1) failing to grant his motion for speedy trial, (2) admitting a deceased witness’s statements through the decedent’s wife’s testimony, (3) admitting a deceased witness’s statement identifying appellant as a suspect through a police officer’s testimony, and (4) disallowing an accomplice as a matter of law instruction in the jury charge. Additionally, appellant…