Thompson v. State

DEVANY, Justice.

Fred Lee Thompson, appellant, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 55 years in prison. He presents five points of error which may be summarized as follows: his first three points of error complain that the trial court failed to instruct the jury of the limited purpose of admissibility of certain evidence at the time the evidence was offered by the State at the guilt/innocence phase of the trial; the fourth point of error complains that a State exhibit at the punishment phase contained a reference to an extraneous offense which was not a final conviction; and the fifth…