Armstrong v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

A jury convicted appellant of murder, pursuant to V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 19.02, and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Appellant’s conviction was affirmed by the Sixth Court of Appeals. Armstrong v. State, 838 S.W.2d 323 (Tex.App. — Texarkana 1992), vacated on other grounds, 845 S.W.2d 909 (Tex. Cr.App.), on remand 850 S.W.2d 230 (Tex. App. — Texarkana 1993). On appeal appellant argued that the trial court erred in denying his motion for new trial based on misconduct by both a juror and the prosecutor during voir dire. The court of…