Freeman v. State

STILLEY, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of attempted murder in a trial before the court, who thereafter sentenced the appellant to forty years imprisonment upon his plea of “true” to one prior felony conviction alleged in the indictment for enhancement.

By his first ground of error, the appellant argues that the evidence offered at trial was insufficient to establish the corpus de-lecti of the offense charged. Appellant acknowledges that in his written statement to police, he stated that he shot Roy Grant with a pistol. However, appellant argues that aside from his statement, no probative…