Stanul v. State

A jury found appellant guilty of murder and assessed punishment at imprisonment for seven years. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02 (West 1989). Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, both factually and legally, to support the conviction. He also complains of the jury finding that a deadly weapon was used in the commission of the offense. We will affirm.

1. Sufficiency of evidence

On June 15, 1991, emergency medical personnel were called to the apartment occupied by appellant, his wife, Ann Marie Stan-ul, and their son, eight-month-old Zachariah Stanul. They found appellant and his…