Meyer v. State

OPINION

Before BUTTS, DIAL and CHAPA, JJ. BUTTS, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of attempted murder and assessed punishment at 15 years’ imprisonment and a $10,000.00 fine.

All the points of error question the admission of reputation testimony at the guilt/innocence stage of trial. Points one and two concern reputation testimony of appellant’s former wife and the complainant, her boyfriend. Points three and four look to the reputation testimony of State’s witnesses Juan Cubillos and Joanna Gonzales.

Appellant admitted he shot the complainant with a shotgun. The scene was at the…