Kotlar v. State

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of criminal mischief, arising from the strangulation death of a $20,000 race horse. Punishment, enhanced by a prior conviction, was assessed by the jury at twenty years in the Texas Department of Corrections. On appeal, he asserts: (1) his confession was illegally obtained because of an improper arrest warrant; (2) the trial court erred by refusing to charge the jury on exculpatory statements; (3) the trial court erred in allowing the enhancement allegations before the jury; and (4) the evidence was insufficient to support the…