Washburn v. State

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of murder and assessed punishment of life imprisonment.

In his first three grounds of error, appellant argues that: 1) his motion to dismiss for lack of venue should have been granted because the evidence showed that both the cause of death and the death occurred in Harris County; 2) the jury charge improperly permitted appellant to be convicted under Tex.Code Crim.P.Ann. art. 13.07 (Vernon 1977), which did not apply to this case; and 3) the charge erroneously stated that venue in Waller County was proper if the victim died in Waller County or…