Shipley v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING ON PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

TEAGUE, Judge.

Steve Steele Shipley, henceforth appellant, was convicted by the jury of first degree murder on May 9, 1986 for the death of his wife, Deborah Sue Shipley. Appellant’s punishment was also assessed by the jury at life imprisonment in the Department of Corrections. 1 He appealed to the Fifth Court of Appeals which affirmed the trial court’s judgment of conviction. Shipley v. State, 727 S.W.2d 118 (Tex.App.-Dallas 1987).

One of appellant’s contentions on direct appeal to the court of appeals was that the…