NEWLAND v. STATE

No. 10-10-00172-CR.

363 S.W.3d 205 (2011)

Jerry Mack NEWLAND, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Discretionary Review Refused November 2, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter M. Reaves , Waco, for Appellant.

Abel Reyna , McLennan County Dist. Atty., Waco, for Appellee.

Before Chief Justice GRAY, Justice DAVIS, and Justice SCOGGINS.


OPINION

TOM GRAY, Chief Justice.

Bobby Evans, an Animal Control Officer for the City of Bellmead, was found shot to death in the city's animal shelter. The case went unsolved for seven months before Jerry Mack Newland and another were identified as suspects in the shooting and arrested. Newland made it known to several people, including inmates in prison and the McLennan County jail, that he shot Evans.

Newland was convicted of murder and sentenced...

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