SWINK v. STATE

No. 63233.

617 S.W.2d 203 (1981)

Roy Glen SWINK v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford W. Brown, Mike Brown, Ralph H. Brock, Lubbock, for appellant.

Joseph Thigpen, Dist. Atty., Haskell, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before TOM G. DAVIS, McCORMICK and TEAGUE, JJ.


OPINION

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for murder. After finding appellant guilty, the jury assessed punishment at 45 years.

In his second ground of error, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction. The court charged the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence. Appellant, sixteen years of age at the time of the offense, was convicted of having murdered his fourteen-year-old brother,...

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