Matter of M.A.F.

in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, HECHT, ENOCH, SPECTOR, BAKER and HANKINSON, Justices, join.

M.AF., a juvenile, was arrested in 1995 in connection with a fatal shooting. After a jury trial in which the evidence was sharply conflicting, M.AF. was found to have committed the offense of capital murder and was adjudicated a delinquent. M.A.F. appealed, and the court of appeals affirmed. In this Court, M.AF. seeks a new trial based on three points of error: (1) that the jury’s discovery during deliberations of a marijuana cigarette in the pocket of his jacket entitles M.A.F. to a new…