Velasquez v. State

*581OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

A jury convicted appellant for the offense of murder, V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 19.02, and the court assessed punishment at life imprisonment after appellant pled true to an enhancement paragraph, V.T. C.A. Penal Code, § 12.42(c).

In the court of appeals, appellant’s sole ground of error alleged that the State committed reversible error by calling appellant’s wife as a witness in violation of Art. 38.11, V.A.C.C.P. The court of appeals sustained appellant’s contention, and reversed and remanded the cause for a new trial. Velasquez v. State, 700…