Graves v. State

HOLCOMB, Justice.

Shane Michael Graves (“Appellant”) appeals his c onviction for murder, for which he was assess ed punishment at thirty years’ imprisonment’ Appellant complains that the trial com . . «hen it faded to charge the jury on the toÁiverse of the law of parties and on the law oí ’ independent impulse. We will affirm.

For a clearer understanding of Appellant’s points of error we '¿will relate the evidence as adduced at trial. Appellant and three other young men took the deceased in Appellant’s vehicle to a /secluded area near the Sabine River. The>y beat him unconscious with…