Derrick v. State

Carley, Justice.

After a jury trial, appellant was found guilty of malice murder and also of subsequently concealing the death of the victim. He re ceived a life sentence for the murder and was given a concurrent sentence of 12 months for his concealment of the death of the victim. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered by the trial court on the jury’s guilty verdicts.

1. Appellant does not contest the sufficiency of the evidence to authorize his conviction for concealing the death of the victim. He does, however, enumerate the general grounds as to his malice murder…