Willard v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder. The jury assessed his punishment at 30 years’ imprisonment and at a fine of $10,000.00.

On appeal the appellant, in one of his points of error, contended the trial court erred, over his objection, in allowing his wife to testify for the State. Perceiving a conflict between Garcia v. State, 573 S.W.2d 12 (Tex.Cr.App.1978), and Young v. State, 603 S.W.2d 851 (Tex.Cr.App.1980), the Court of Appeals felt the conflict between the cases were for the Court of Criminal Appeals, but…