Moncrief v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

A jury found appellant guilty of murder in killing another by shooting him with a shotgun; the trial court assessed punishment at confinement for a term of thirty years.

Sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. To indicate the factual basis for his contentions it is enough to say that through the testimony of one Joey Deaton the State proved appellant made several *631incriminating statements concerning why he shot and killed the deceased, and appellant countered with testimony from many witnesses that Deaton’s reputation…