Boatright v. State

HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

Nolan Cecil Boatright was convicted of malice murder, burglary and other crimes arising out of the shotgun killing of Scott Hudgins. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial 1 challenging the admission of a co-indictee’s videotaped statement to police officers, the effectiveness of his trial counsel and the trial court’s charge to the jury. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

1. The evidence adduced at trial authorized the jury to find that the victim was residing in a home in Dallas where Craig Aiken had lived several years earlier. The victim and…