Beavers v. State

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder by a jury; punishment was then assessed by the court at life imprisonment.

By the testimony of a state’s witness, who was appellant’s brother, it was established that appellant and his brother had driven to a secluded field in Harris County with the deceased, who was appellant’s girlfriend, and that appellant there struck the deceased on the back of her head with a tire jack handle, doused her with gasoline, and set her on fire. She was subsequently found dead in the field by other persons. Appellant presents four grounds of error. We…