Parks v. State

OPINION

GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Justice.

Appellant, J.P. Parks, Jr., was indicted and convicted of burglary of a habitation aggravated by the use of a deadly weapon, Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 30.02(a)(1) (Vernon 1992), and attempted capital murder, § 19.-03(a)(1) (Vernon 1992). Punishment was assessed by the jury at a life sentence in the penitentiary for burglary and ninety-nine years for attempted capital murder. By three points of error, appellant complains of the trial court’s evidentiary rulings and the prosecutor’s jury arguments. We affirm.

The evidence at trial showed that appellant spent the…