Poe v. State

OPINION

JORDAN, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of murder and punishment was assessed by the jury at twenty-five years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. The appeal is based on three grounds of error.

The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

Briefly stated, the facts reflected in the record in this case show that Tommy Rainwater was shot to death by appellant at sometime after 2:00 a. m. on the morning of June 13, 1978.

Rainwater and two female companions had entered Sambo’s Restaurant on Highway 80 West in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, about 12:30 a.…