Starkey v. State

SPARLING, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to forty years’ imprisonment. Appellant contends that the court erred by (1) permitting the State to amend the substance of the indictment; (2) admitting a confession that was the fruit of an illegal arrest; (3) overruling his objection to pros-ecutorial argument; and (4) improperly charging the jury on the law of parties. We disagree and affirm.

Amendment to Indictment

Appellant’s indictment stated, in pertinent part:

Defendant ... did then and there intentionally and knowingly cause the death of [the complainant] by shooting him…