Chad Wayne Jester v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice CORNELIUS.

A jury convicted Chad Wayne Jester of murdering Raymond Howell. The jury assessed Jester’s punishment at fifty years’ confinement. On appeal Jester contends that the trial court erred by giving an improper instruction regarding accomplice witness testimony, by denying his motion for an instructed verdict, and by entering, without sufficient evidence, an affirmative finding on the use of a deadly weapon. For the reasons stated below, we overrule these contentions and affirm the judgment.

Jester first argues that the trial court erred by failing to…