Butler v. State

ROWE, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder. His punishment, enhanced by a jury finding of two prior convictions, was assessed at life in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant presents seven grounds of error. After reforming the judgment to cure one ground of error, we overrule the other grounds and affirm.

In his first ground of error appellant complains that his constitutional rights to due process were violated by failure of the State’s Attorney, after due request, to disclose certain exculpatory evidence, to-wit: police discovery of the suspected murder weapon and scientific…