Turner v. State

SUBSTITUTE OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

MURPHY, Justice.

Appellant was charged by indictment with the capital murder of her husband, Robert Turner. Appellant pleaded not guilty, but was found guilty of the offense of capital murder by the jury after a lengthy trial. The jury failed to answer all the special issues on punishment affirmatively, therefore the trial court assessed punishment at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Although appellant raises fourteen grounds of error, our disposition of the case requires only that we address two issues. Accordingly, we find it…