Russell v. State

OPINION

MEYERS, Justice.

Appellant, Alonzo Curtis Russell, was convicted in a trial to the jury of capital murder. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.03 (Vernon 1974). Appellant pled not guilty. The jury found appellant guilty and following the jury’s deadlock over the deliberate nature of the offense, the court, pursuant to TEX.CODE CRIM.PROC. ANN. art. 37.071(e) (Vernon 1981), sentenced appellant to life imprisonment.

Appellant appeals this conviction raising the five following points of error: (1) the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion for mistrial; (2) the trial court’s refusal to…