Umoja v. State

OPINION

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of murder. At appellant’s option, the trial court assessed punishment at thirty years’ confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Appellant raises seven points on appeal. We will abate this cause to the trial court for a hearing on the issue of whether the judgment should be corrected nunc pro tunc.

Because appellant challenges the factual sufficiency1 of the evidence, a brief recitation of the facts is in order. The record reflects that on September 12, 1994, appellant, along with about fifteen…