Givens v. State

OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Kenneth Bernard Givens, appeals from a conviction by a jury for murder. See TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 19.02 (Vernon 1974). The jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections.

We affirm.

On January 4, 1985, Officer Matthews of the Arlington Police Department was dispatched to Possum’s convenience store to make a “welfare check.” Upon arrival he discovered the body of Dudley, a store employee, in the storeroom. Dudley had been struck in the back of the head with a pickax which was still embedded in his head.

Appellant and…