Shippy v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for capital murder. The trial court assessed his punishment at death after the jury affirmatively answered the issues submitted to them at the punishment phase of the trial. Article 37.071, V.A.C.C.P.

The record reflects that the deceased returned from work to his home where he discovered appellant in the act of burglary and theft. Appellant seized a long-bladed hunting knife and stabbed his victim a total of twenty-seven times, fatally wounding him. Appellant then took the money from the deceased’s wallet and fled.

Appellant raises nineteen grounds of…