Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Donald Vaughn, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

January 30, 19801980 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1527

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed the murder conviction and life sentence of Donald Vaughn, overruling all seven of his asserted errors, including challenges to the indictment, jurisdiction, sufficiency of evidence, admission of divorce‑petition testimony, charge variance, alleged prosecutorial misconduct, and the overall quantum of evidence.