HEARD v. STATE

No. 2-07-436-CR.

280 S.W.3d 419 (2009)

Stephen Lance HEARD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, State.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

January 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Ford, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Tim Curry, Crim. Dist. Atty., Charles M. Mallin, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Chief of the Appellate Section, Helena F. Faulkner, Alan Levy, Betty Arvin and Miles Brissette, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, for appellee.

PANEL: LIVINGSTON, DAUPHINOT, and WALKER, JJ.


OPINION

SUE WALKER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A jury convicted Stephen Lance Heard of capital murder and assessed his punishment at life in prison. In a single point, Heard argues that the evidence is legally insufficient to support his conviction. We will affirm.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Heard pulled up to a gas station in Sansom Park with two women, Sally Renae Smith (Renae) and Betty Diane Newell (Diane), in the...

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