Austin v. State

748 S.W.2d 546 (1988)

John Samuel AUSTIN, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 09-86-180 CR.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

March 30, 1988.

As Amended April 4, 1988.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1988.

Jack B. Zimmermann and Albert M. Dworkin, Zimmermann & Lavine, Houston, for appellant.

Steve Greene, Asst. Dist. Atty., Liberty, for appellee.

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of the murder of his brother and assessed his punishment at twenty years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. He brings forth three points of error. The first two both relate to TEX.CODE…