State v. Bowers

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

This record represents an appeal as of right by Lonzell Bowers from his conviction for first degree murder by the Criminal Court of Hardeman County. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment in the State penitentiary. Here, appellant presents three issues, challenging the sufficiency of the convicting evidence, the introduction into evidence of a transcript of a witness’ testimony, and the introduction into evidence of a photograph of the deceased victim’s body.

The material facts are as follows. In the early morning hours of June 2, 1985, the victim, Larry Allen, a/k/a…