Willie Hurst v. State of Texas

OPINION

MIKE WILLSON, Justice.

Willie Hurst, Appellant, appeals his capital murder conviction, for which he received a life sentence. In two issues, he complains that the trial court abused its discretion when it admitted an investigator’s lay opinion of Appellant’s involvement in the murder and when it admitted evidence of weapons and ammunition that police discovered during valid searches of Appellant’s residences. We affirm.

I. Background and Trial Evidence

At the time of the murder, Appellant was squatting in an apartment after being evicted, and he was driving a Chevrolet Cavalier that he…