Cross v. State

OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Justice.

The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, life.

Trial was before a jury on a plea of not guilty. The state withdrew its notice that the death penalty would be sought after the jury returned its verdict finding appellant guilty, and appellant waived a jury trial on the issue of punishment and requested that the court assess the punishment.

The undisputed evidence was that appellant killed his wife by stabbing her six times, three wounds being inflicted on the left chest and three on the back. Several of the wounds were four inches in depth.

The…