Prosper v. State

OPINION

ROBERTSON, Justice.

At trial, the jury found appellant guilty of murder and assessed punishment at confinement for 99 years. On appeal, appellant contends the trial court erred: (1) in failing to dismiss the jury because the prosecutor peremptorily struck all black prospective jurors; (2) in admitting a tape recording made by the deceased’s daughter at the time of the murder; and (3) in refusing to declare a mistrial following certain comments made by the prosecutor. Finding no error in the trial court’s actions, we affirm.

A detailed recitation of the evidence is unnecessary to a…