Roy v. State

OPINION

HICKS, Justice.

In four points of error, appellant James Roy appeals his capital murder conviction. He received an automatic life sentence. See Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art. 37.071, § 1 (Vernon Supp.1994). We affirm the conviction.

Appellant was indicted for the capital murder of his father, Windell Roy. The indictment reads, in relevant part:

THE GRAND JURORS, in and for the County of Denton, State of Texas, ... upon their oaths, present in and to said Court that JAMES MICHAEL ROY, who is hereinafter styled defendant, on or about the 29th day of August, A.D., 1993, ... did then and there…