Hayes v. State

THOMAS, Justice.

The jury found appellant guilty of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections. In two points of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in permitting certain hearsay statements of the deceased. For the reasons given below, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

While the appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction, we will provide a brief description of the facts in order to explain the legal issues which are raised. Dallas police officers, Hake and Connor, were on patrol around…