Purser v. State

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

Curtis Dean Purser, appellant, appeals from a conviction for the offense of capital murder. The jury found appellant guilty as charged in the indictment, but it could not reach a unanimous verdict with regard to special issue number one. Accordingly, the court sentenced appellant to life imprisonment in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Tex. Code CRIm-PkocAnn. art. 37.071, § 2(g) (Vernon Supp.1995). We affirm.

FACTS

The victim, Brenda Branch, worked at the Living Way Foursquare Church in Midland, Texas, as the church secretary and…