Walters v. State

OPINION

RICHARD L. BROWN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder. Punishment was assessed by the jury at 50 years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The facts will be discussed in detail under appellant’s ground of error two below. Suffice it to say, at the outset, that appellant was convicted of murdering an eighteen year old cab driver on the night of March 16, 1978 in Fort Worth.

Initially, appellant asserts that the indictment charging him with the offense in question should have been set aside because of the State’s…