Butler v. State

OPINION

HEDGES, Justice.

Appellant, Bobby Gene Butler, was convicted by a jury of capital murder. The State did not seek the death penalty. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial judge. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 12.31(a) (Vernon 1994). We affirm.

Facts

During the early morning hours of July 13, 1993, Frederick Jones, a forklift operator, was driving home when he saw Jerry Godwin in front of his concrete plant on Chrisman Road waving for help.1 Jones stopped, and Godwin said that he had been shot with a 12-gauge shotgun. He asked Jones to call 911. Godwin had blood on his face,…