Hanson v. State

YEAKEL, Justice.

A jury found appellant Ryan Hanson guilty of capital murder. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2) (West 1994). Pursuant to the jury’s findings at the punishment phase of trial, the district court assessed punishment at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. See id. § 12.31; Tex.Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 37.071, § 1 (West'Supp.2001). Appellant challenges his conviction by forty-one points of error. We will modify the judgment and, as modified, affirm the conviction.

DISCUSSION

Legal and Factual Sufficiency

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