Alford v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is. an appeal from a conviction of murder with malice. The jury assessed punishment at life.

The appellant shot and killed Eliza McGowan, his estranged wife.

Appellant first contends that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a picture of the deceased’s daughter, Angela. He urges that the State introduced the picture in an effort to arouse the sympathy of the jury and to bolster the testimony of other witnesses regarding the circumstances surrounding the scene of the crime without the necessity of calling the girl and being bound by her testimony.

Defense…