Ates v. State

JIM WORTHEN, Justice.

Edward Ates appeals his conviction for murder. After finding him guilty, the jury sentenced Appellant to ninety-nine years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division. In seven points of error, Appellant attacks the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction and asserts that the trial court erred in excluding certain evidence. We affirm.

On the evening of Friday, July 23, 1993, Elnora Griffin was found dead on the living room floor of her home, having suffered a knife wound to the neck. Griffin was four feet, four and…