Tumlinson v. State

BAKER, Justice.

William Michael Tumlinson was convicted of murder in June of 1982 and sentenced to 99 years’ confinement. This Court reversed that conviction based on a violation of the then existing psychotherapist-patient privilege. 1 See Tumlinson v. State, 663 S.W.2d 539 (Tex.App.-Dallas 1983, pet. ref’d). On remand, appellant was again convicted and sentenced to forty years’ confinement. Appellant assigns seven points of error resulting from his 1987 conviction, none of which we find meritorious. We affirm the conviction.

In our 1983 opinion, we recited the facts as follows:

The defendant,…