Ronnie Freeman v. State

ON REMAND FROM COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

BOYD, Chief Justice.

Upon remand from the Court of Criminal Appeals, we are called upon to consider the impact of that court’s more recent ruling in Standefer v. State, 59 S.W.3d 177 (Tex.Crim.App.2001) upon our original opinion in this matter. For the reasons explicated, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

We previously reversed the judgment and remanded the case to the trial court because we found reversible error in the trial court’s refusal to allow the defense to question the jury panel as to the possible effect that the fact the victim was a…