Custard v. State

OPINION

MIRABAL, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of murder and made an affirmative finding on use of a deadly weapon. The jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment and a $500 fine. We affirm.

Milton Hoot, 73, was killed on November 23, 1987, in a remote area of San Jacinto County, Texas, by a single shotgun blast to the chest.

Mr. Hoot’s wife testified that a white male, later identified as Marrón Douglas Ritchey, came by the house around 10:20 p.m. the evening of the 23rd. Ritchey had arrived at the house in a red pickup truck. There was someone else in the truck, but Mrs. Hoot could…