Bisby v. State

OPINION

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

A jury found Jerry Lynn Bisby (“appellant”) guilty of the murder of A.W. Farmer (“A.W.”) and assessed punishment of ninety-nine years’ imprisonment in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In four points of error, appellant appeals his conviction, arguing the trial court erred by: 1) permitting Jack Marshall Ford to testify; 2) admitting hearsay statements of A.W.; 3) admitting tape-recorded statements of Nancy Scruggs (“Nancy”); and 4) excluding appellant’s testimony at the trial on punishment. We affirm.

FACTS

On October 13, 1993,…