SCOTT v. STATE

No. 12-92-00361-CR.

894 S.W.2d 810 (1994)

Ferrell SCOTT, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Discretionary Review Refused March 1, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weldon Holcomb, William Wright, Tyler, for appellant.

Edward J. Marty, Tyler, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

A jury convicted Appellant of the offense of murder and assessed punishment at life imprisonment. Appellant raises one point of error on appeal. We will affirm.

By his sole point of error, Appellant alleges that the trial court erred in admitting, as a dying declaration, the victim Bobby McDonald's statement identifying Appellant as the person who shot him. Under TEX. R.CRIM.EVID. 804(b)(2) (Vernon 1992), a dying declaration is admissible as an...

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