Mims v. State

612 S.W.2d 933 (1981)

Stuart MIMS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 62257.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

March 18, 1981.

Peter C. Gilman, Brownsville, for appellant.

Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before TOM G. DAVIS, McCORMICK and TEAGUE, JJ.

OPINION

TEAGUE, Judge.

Appellant entered a plea of not guilty before a jury to the offense of murder. V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 19.02. He was convicted and the jury assessed punishment at imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections for life.

It is unnecessary to discuss the contentions presented in…