Shelton v. State

YEAKEL, Justice.

A jury found appellant Jimmy Ray Shelton guilty of the attempted capital murders of Brian Garvel, an Elgin police officer, and Julius Matus, a Williamson County deputy sheriff, and sentenced him to ninety-nine years’ confinement. See Tex.Penal Code Ann. §§ 15.01, 19.03(a)(1) (West 1994). He appeals, arguing the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict, the district court should have included a jury instruction on voluntary intoxication, and the district court erred in admitting, during the punishment phase of trial, several types of evidence regarding appellant’s…