Jones v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, 999 years.

Appellant urges three grounds of error, none of which challenges the sufficiency of the evidence.

In his first ground, appellant contends that the jury’s verdict is cruel and unusual punishment. This Court has held that if the penalty is within the prescribed limits set by the Legislature the jury’s verdict will not be disturbed. In the very recent opinion of this Court in Angle v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 501 S.W.2d 99, this principle was reaffirmed. No error is shown.

In ground number two, appellant complains of…