Chapman v. State

POFF, Justice.

Appellant Randy Wayne Chapman was found guilty of capital murder by a jury. Because appellant was younger than seventeen at the time the offense was commit*576ted, he was automatically sentenced to confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life. See Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 12.31(a) (Vernon Supp.1992); Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 8.07(d) (Vernon Supp.1992).

In the first of two points of error, appellant contends that the State failed to prove all elements of the indictment because the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he…