PIERSON v. STATE

No. B14-81-413-CR.

644 S.W.2d 31 (1982)

Robert Lee PIERSON, Sr., Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Discretionary Review Refused November 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis Dickson, Houston, for appellant.

Ray Elvin Speece, Houston, for appellee.

Before PAUL PRESSLER, MURPHY and ROBERTSON, JJ.


PAUL PRESSLER, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder by a jury and sentenced to eighty years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

By his first ground of error, appellant complains that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction.

The state's first witness was Lucy Mae Mitchell. She testified that the deceased, James Willie Baines, a 38 year old, mentally retarded, black male, was her nephew and had lived at her house...

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