Brian Lee Russell v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-12-00440-CR Brian Lee Russell, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 427TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-DC-10-301971, HONORABLE JIM CORONADO, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION A jury found appellant Brian Lee Russell guilty of murder. See Tex. Penal Code § 19.02. The jury assessed punishment at forty years’ imprisonment. In eight appellate issues, Russell asserts that the trial court erred in (1) limiting Russell’s cross-examination of a witness about the witness’s pending felony charge, (2)…