Collvins v. State

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Gary Collvins was convicted of murder and assessed punishment of ten years imprisonment. On appeal he raises insufficiency of the evidence grounds and contends that the trial court committed reversible error in admitting into evidence his wife’s affidavit stating she did not wish to testify. We overrule the contentions and affirm the judgment.

On January 21, 1983, Collvins shot and killed his twenty-three year old son, David. The shooting occurred when David was preparing to leave the house to attend his marriage ceremony. Collvins maintained that the shooting was an…