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GRAF v. STATE

No. 10-88-137-CR.

807 S.W.2d 762 (1990)

Edward Ernest GRAF, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

December 31, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. McDonald and Lynn W. Malone, McDonald, Harmon and Malone, Waco, for appellant.

Paul E. Gartner, Jr., Crim. Dist. Atty. and Tanya Boyce Dohoney, Asst. Dist. Atty., Waco, for appellee.

Before THOMAS, C.J., and MEANS, J., and VIC HALL (Retired), J.

OPINION

THOMAS, Chief Justice.

On August 26, 1986, Appellant's two adopted sons, Jason and Joby, died in a fire in a storage shed behind their residence. Appellant was convicted of the capital murder of Jason, but received a life sentence rather than the death penalty. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.03 (Vernon 1989). His conviction rests entirely on circumstantial evidence. The principal complaint is that the evidence was insufficient to support...

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