Singleton v. State

Ray Thornton, Justice.

Appellant, John Singleton, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. As his sole point on appeal, appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion in denying a petition for change of venue. We find no error and therefore affirm.

While the sufficiency of the evidence has not been challenged, we will briefly summarize the facts. On December 8, 1997, appellant killed Richard Singleton by hitting him repeatedly in the head with a concrete block, hitting him in the chest with a baseball bat, and cutting his neck with a sword.…