Maddox v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

I

The appellant was found guilty of murdering Kenneth Coppinger in the Dallas County jail. A jury assessed his punishment at confinement for life.

In a written statement made shortly after the murder, the appellant said that he was in the dayroom watching television while the murder took place in a cell, and that he knew nothing about the murder. In conferences with his appointed counsel during the months before trial, the appellant “never specifically wavered” from his alibi, and “in the end he would also specifically say that, ‘Well, I guess I will just stand by the…