Lundstrom v. State

*281OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the murder of his wife by a jury that assessed his punishment at life imprisonment. The conviction was affirmed by the Eleventh Court of Appeals. Lundstrom v. State, 678 S.W.2d 130 (Tex.App. — Eastland 1984). We granted appellant’s petition to review the court of appeals’ holding that appellant’s motion for change of venue was properly overruled by the trial court.

At the time of the killing appellant and the deceased had been married for ten years and had five children. They operated a motel and…