TIPPINS v. STATE

No. 50223.

530 S.W.2d 110 (1975)

Obie TIPPINS, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gayle Goldstrich and Edwin L. Davis, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty. and W. T. Westmoreland, Jr., Don Driscoll and Jon Sparling, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty. and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

In a trial before a jury, appellant was convicted of murder. Punishment was assessed at life.

Considering the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, the record reflects that during the night of January 12, 1973, appellant killed the two year old deceased by beating deceased with his hands. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

In his seventh ground of error, appellant contends the court...

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