WAGGONER v. STATE

No. 13-81-896-CR.

649 S.W.2d 667 (1983)

David C. WAGGONER, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

February 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Flinn, John H. Miller, Jr., Sinton, for appellant.

Joel B. Johnson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thomas L. Bridges, Dist. Atty., Sinton, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and UTTER and GONZALEZ, JJ.


OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of the offense of murder. The jury assessed punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for life and a fine of $10,000.00. Appellant seeks to reverse the conviction and remand the case for a new trial and relies on five grounds of error.

The first ground relates directly to appellant's only defense, that of insanity. In this ground, the appellant claims the trial...

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