Mashburn v. State

OPINION

TERRIE LIVINGSTON, Justice.

Appellant Marshall Mashburn II brings seven points challenging his conviction and life sentence for murder. We affirm.

Background 1

In January 1999, a man doing construction work found a femur and what he described as a long-handled red knife at a site he was clearing in Lewisville, Texas near Interstate 35 and Highway 407. After he contacted the police about his discovery, Dr. Dana Austin, a forensic anthropologist with the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office, and her team searched the area and found more remains. They recovered about a third of a human…