Becknell v. State

720 S.W.2d 526 (1986)

James Bernard BECKNELL, Jr., Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 59827.

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

November 19, 1986.

Joseph L. Perkins, Marshall, for appellant.

A.D. Clark, III, Dist. Atty. and William D. Saban, Asst. Dist. Atty., Tyler, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

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

OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced by a jury to life imprisonment.

Under two grounds of error, appellant argues, first, that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence…