Barnes v. State

OPINION

CAYCE, Chief Justice.

INTRODUCTION

A jury convicted Kevin Allan Barnes of the offense of capital murder, and the trial court assessed an automatic life sentence. In seventeen points, appellant complains about accomplice witness testimony, the admission of hearsay statements of his co-conspirators, inclusion of the law of parties in the jury charge, the automatic life sentencing scheme, and the affirmative deadly weapon finding in the judgment. We will affirm.

BACKGROUND

On October 9, 1997, Myron Nash, Carlis Russell, and Tonero Rainey stole “a whole bunch of rifles” and firearms from a…