Montes v. State

OPINION

KOEHLER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury conviction for the offense of murder. The jury assessed punishment at 99 years’ imprisonment. We affirm.

In Point of Error No. One, the Appellant contends the court erred in allowing the prosecutor, during the voir dire examination of the jury panel, to “contract” with the jurors. During the general voir dire of the jury panel, counsel for the State addressed the panel and the following discussion took place:

STATE: Let me talk about defenses for a while. In cases like this some defenses that may come up would be accident, alibi,…