Saunders v. State

VANCE, Justice.

Appeal is from a conviction for murder. The jury assessed punishment at thirty years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant presents fifteen grounds of error. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. We will address only ground of error one, in which appellant contends that the trial court erred in excluding mitigatory evidence offered during the punishment phase of the trial, which is dispositive of the appeal. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.

During the guilt-innocence phase, the State’s evidence reflected that appellant and a companion,…