Legal Opinion
Watson v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 14, 1994No. 2-93-062-CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEAVER, Justice.
Appellant, Elliott Sirvan Watson, was charged by indictment with the offense of murder. See Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.02 (Vernon. 1994). The State alleged appellant stabbed his mother to death with a knife. Appellant plead not guilty and asserted the affirmative defense of insanity. A jury convicted appellant of the charged offense and assessed punishment at life imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. Appellant challenges his conviction through ten points of error. We affirm.
Appellant was arrested around noon on April 30, 1991, the same day as the offense occurred. Following…
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