McGowen v. State

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice

(Assigned).

Appellant entered a plea of not guilty to the offense of murder. TexPenal Code Ann. § 19.02 (Vernon 1992).1 A jury found him guilty and assessed his punishment at fifteen years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In four points of error, appellant asserts the trial court erred by (1) denying appellant the right to make an opening statement, (2) admitting inadmissible hearsay evidence, and (3) refusing to instruct the jury that appellant had a right to arm himself. Appellant also challenges the sufficiency of…