Ward v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. The jury assessed the appellant’s punishment at twelve years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The appellant contends, inter alia, that the trial judge erred by overruling the appellant’s objections to three “have you heard” questions asked by the prosecutor during the guilt-innocence stage of the trial. We reverse.

The record reveals that on the evening of December 11, 1974, Arthur Johnson received a phone call from the deceased. Pursuant to that phone conversation, Johnson stopped by the deceased’s house…