Rodney Wayne Allen v. State

OPINION

William J. Boyce, Justice

The State indicted appellant Rodney Wayne Allen for the murder of Jonathan Diles,1 and appellant pled not guilty. Appellant argued at trial that he acted in self-defense. A jury convicted appellant of murder, and the trial court assessed his punishment at 45 years’ imprisonment. Appellant challenges his conviction on grounds that the trial court erred by (1) excluding testimony regarding Diles’s character for violence and aggression; and (2) denying appellant’s request that the State provide him with copies of offense reports in cases in which Diles was charged…