Smith v. State

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

Kennard Smith was convicted of armed robbery and malice murder in connection with the shooting of Beverly Williford at the Crack Shot Pawn Shop. Smith alleges that the trial court erred in granting a motion in limine that prevented him from commenting on the state’s failure to produce certain witnesses. We hold that our decision in Morgan v. State 2 applies to this case because it was in the pipeline when Morgan was decided, but that Smith has failed to show how he was harmed by the trial court’s ruling. Therefore, we affirm.

The evidence at trial showed that Smith…