Patterson v. State

OPINION

STOVER, Justice.

James Elliot Patterson was indicted for capital murder. Subsequently, a jury found Patterson guilty of killing Coy Roundtree during the course of a robbery, by hitting Roundtree with a piece of concrete. The State waived the death penalty, and the court sentenced Patterson to life imprisonment in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Arguing there is insufficient evidence to support the underlying offense of robbery and contending the trial court erred in admitting hearsay, Patterson appeals his conviction.

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