Wilford v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. Punishment was assessed by the jury at confinement for life.

*856We shall first consider appellant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain her conviction in this circumstantial evidence case.

The victim in this case, Anne Jones, was the wife of T.C. Jones, a Harris County deputy sheriff who held the rank of Captain. In February of 1978 Captain Jones met appellant at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. That night Jones took appellant out for dinner. At that time appellant was living in the Dallas area,…