Chaney v. State

HOWELL, Justice.

A jury convicted Steven Mark Chaney of murder and assessed his punishment at life imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. In four points of error, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction and claims that a hearsay statement of the victim, an oral statement of appellant, and testimony regarding extraneous offenses were erroneously admitted by the trial court, thereby creating reversible error. We disagree with these contentions and affirm.

I. INSUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE

A. Standard of Review

Initially, we address appellant’s insufficiency claim. In…