Urias v. State

OPINION

JOHNSON, J., joined by MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant was charged with intentionally and knowingly causing the death of an individual by shooting him with a firearm. A jury found him guilty as charged and assessed punishment at forty-eight years of imprisonment. On appeal, the court of appeals reversed the judgment of the trial court and remanded the cause for a new trial. Urias v. State, 104 S.W.3d 578 (Tex.App.-El Paso 2003). The State Prosecuting Attorney appealed.

Appellant was in jail on a drug charge…