Rooney v. State

OPINION

HILL, Justice.

Kenneth Rooney appeals his conviction by a jury of the offense of murder. The jury assessed his punishment at ninety-nine years in the Texas Department of Corrections, now the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. He contends in three points of error that the trial court: (1) committed fundamental error in its imprecise and confusing response to the jury concerning the jury’s question about Paragraphs One and Two of the court’s charge on guilt or innocence; (2) committed reversible error in overruling his objection to the State and the State’s…