Heinze v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Appellant appeals from his conviction of first degree murder and sentence of life imprisonment. He raises three issues in his appeal questioning the trial judge’s ruling excusing a juror and the judge’s evidentiary rulings excluding evidence concerning the victim’s prior acts of violence and other wrongs. We find no merit in appellant’s arguments, and therefore affirm.

Since sufficiency of the evidence is not at issue in this appeal, we need only briefly set out the facts. On January 2, 1991, appellant, Alan Taylor and Rusty Nettles were at Brenda Heflerman’s residence.…