Van Sickle v. State

OPINION

HUGHES, Justice.

Archie Weldon Van Sickle, who was convicted of murder and assessed punishment at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections, has appealed.

We affirm.

Testimony in this case reflects that Mark Slocum was found inside his store on the morning of April 24, 1979. He was dead from 40 ice pick stab wounds in his head and body. Three of the wounds pierced his heart.

Inez Slocum, widow of the victim, last saw him alive at 9:10 a.m., April 24, 1979, when he was waiting on a customer at their convenience store in the country close to Rendon, Texas.

At or about 9:45 a.m.…