McCollister v. State

ARNOT, Chief Justice.

The jury convicted Randy Ray McCollister of capital murder and made an affirmative deadly weapon finding. Since the State did not seek the death penalty, the trial court assessed the mandatory punishment of imprisonment for life. 1 Appellant has briefed four points of error. We affirm.

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. The record shows that appellant murdered his 23-month-old stepdaughter on September 13, 1993. Appellant hit the victim with his fist above her eye, causing her to fall against the couch. Appellant hit the victim’s head again. Then…