Burnett v. State

OPINION

MEYERS, Justice.

Appellant, Glen Alan Burnett, appeals from a conviction by the jury of murder. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02 (Vernon 1989). The punishment enhanced by a pri- or conviction was assessed by the jury at forty-five (45) years confinement.

We affirm.

On April 9, 1990, Doyle R. Comer died in the parking lot of an apartment complex from multiple blows to the head and a knife wound to his neck. The fact that Burnett inflicted the wounds upon Comer is not contested. Burnett argued self-defense, defense of third person, and defense of property.

In his first point, Burnett argues…