Saxton v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MILLER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of murder, V.T.C.A. Penal Code § 19.02(a) 1, and the trial judge assessed punishment at confinement for 15 years in the Texas Department of Corrections2 and restitution of *911$1,300. On direct appeal, the court of appeals found the evidence insufficient to support the conviction because the State failed to disprove appellant’s defense of self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt. Saxton v. State, 776 S.W.2d 685 (Tex.App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1989). The appellate court therefore reversed appellant’s…