BECKNELL v. STATE

No. 59827.

720 S.W.2d 526 (1986)

James Bernard BECKNELL, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

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

November 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Perkins, Marshall, for appellant.

A.D. Clark, III, Dist. Atty. and William D. Saban, Asst. Dist. Atty., Tyler, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

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


OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced by a jury to life imprisonment.

Under two grounds of error, appellant argues, first, that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence certain business cards and records of a Houston gun dealer because these items were illegally seized with the ineffective consent of a third party; and last, that the trial judge improperly commented on the weight of the evidence. We disagree...

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