William Shane Wood v. State of Texas

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

After a jury trial, William Shane Wood was found guilty of murder and was ordered confined for thirty-five years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division.

Before Wood’s trial, Jason Barber had been charged and convicted for the same shooting, but Barber’s conviction was later set aside on the joint motion of Barber and the State because “Barber did not commit the crime for which he was convicted....” Barber v. State, 24 S.W.3d 620 (Tex.App.-Texarkana 2000, no pet.). Wood’s jury was made aware of Barber’s erroneous conviction for…