Reginald Ferlandus Jackson v. the State of Texas

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-20-00085-CR Reginald Ferlandus Jackson, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE 264TH DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY NO. 79562, THE HONORABLE PAUL L. LEPAK, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION A jury found appellant Reginald Ferlandus Jackson guilty of first-degree murder, see Tex. Penal Code § 19.02(b)(1), (c), and assessed his punishment at confinement for thirty years. In three issues, appellant challenges the trial court’s discharge of a juror, the exclusion of an exhibit, and the parole law instructions in the punishment…