Brown v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

OVERSTREET, Judge.

A jury convicted Appellant of murder and assessed punishment at sixty-five years confinement. The conviction was affirmed. Brown v. State, 831 S.W.2d 847 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1992). We granted discretionary review to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion by answering a jury note in a manner which Appellant contends impermissibly exceeded the scope of the jury’s inquiry. See Article 36.28, V.A.C.C.P.1

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