COLLVINS v. STATE

No. 6-84-098-CR.

686 S.W.2d 647 (1985)

Gary COLLVINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

January 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Hooper, Friedman & Hooper, Texarkana, for appellant.

John F. Miller, Jr., Asst. Criminal Dist. Atty., Texarkana, for appellee.


CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Gary Collvins was convicted of murder and assessed punishment of ten years imprisonment. On appeal he raises insufficiency of the evidence grounds and contends that the trial court committed reversible error in admitting into evidence his wife's affidavit stating she did not wish to testify. We overrule the contentions and affirm the judgment.

On January 21, 1983, Collvins shot and killed his twenty-three year old son, David. The...

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