Huffman v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OSBORN, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. The jury assessed punishment at forty years’ imprisonment. We affirm.
In Point of Error No. One, Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. This is a circumstantial evidence case. Accordingly, the appellate standard of review dictates a determination of whether the evidence, viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, could enable any rational trier of fact to find each and every element of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt. Carlsen v. State, 654 S.W.2d 444…
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