Moncrief v. State

707 S.W.2d 630 (1986)

Mark Anthony MONCRIEF, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 1144-84.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

April 16, 1986.

Joe Lee Register, Lufkin, for appellant.

Gerald A. Goodwin, Dist. Atty., Joe Crawford and Clyde M. Herrington, Asst. Dist. Attys., Lufkin, and Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

A jury found appellant guilty of murder in killing another by shooting him with a shotgun; the trial court assessed punishment at confinement for a term…