Snyder v. State

OPINION

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder. Appellant was sentenced to life in prison in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Corrections for the murder of Lena Opal Easter, in the course of a burglary. Appellant brings three issues before this Court for review: first, that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting into evidence Appellant’s oral and written statements because both were subject to the clergy-penitent privilege; second, that the trial court erred in not granting a new trial because the State commented…