Simpson v. State

OPINION

SAM GRIFFITH, Justice.

Lionel Simpson appeals his conviction for capital murder. In three issues, Appellant contends that the trial court erred in admitting certain evidence and that the evidence was insufficient to corroborate the testimony of the accomplice witnesses. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

After Geraldine Davidson, an eighty-three year old retired schoolteacher, was reported missing on January 26, 2000, her body was discovered in the Neches River. Appellant’s brother, Danielle Simpson, immediately became a suspect in Davidson’s disappearance and murder. On January 28, as the police…