Tippins v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

In a trial before a jury, appellant was convicted of murder. Punishment was assessed at life.

Considering the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, the record reflects that during the night of January 12, 1973, appellant killed the two year old deceased by beating deceased with his hands. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

In his seventh ground of error, appellant contends the court reversibly erred in admitting a number of instances of prior injuries suffered by deceased over his objection that the evidence did not connect him with such…