Gary Charles Groves v. State

Gary Charles Groves v. State

IN THE

TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-01-223-CR

GARY CHARLES GROVES,

Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee

From the 40th District Court

Ellis County, Texas

Trial Court # 25,242 CR

O P I N I O N

Gary Groves appeals from a life sentence and $10,000 fine for the murder of Charity Sue Comes. Groves claims in two points that the trial court abused its discretion by (1) admitting a white t-shirt when its chain of custody had not been properly established, and (2) admitting Groves’s written confession taken in violation of his Miranda rights. We affirm.

CHAIN OF CUSTODY OF THE…