Bowley v. State

310 S.W.3d 431 (2010)

Troy A. BOWLEY, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. PD-0914-09.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 5, 2010.

Donnell W. Yandell, Lubbock, for appellant.

Jeffrey S. Ford, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lubbock, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for state.

OPINION

KEASLER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER, P.J., WOMACK, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

At trial, the judge refused to give an instruction to disregard after sustaining Bowley's objection to the prosecutor's question about plea negotiations. The Seventh Court of Appeals concluded that the judge…