Jones v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLINTON, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for delivery of heroin wherein the jury assessed punishment at confinement for a term of fifteen years. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.
Appellant presents three grounds of error, two of which advance the contention that juror Betty Jane Martinez engaged in misconduct when she allegedly withheld material information during the voir dire examination and then compounded that into jury misconduct when she introduced applicability of the parole laws to the jury in its discussions on punishment. 1 Though we find that juror…
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