Hollins v. State

OPINION COHEN, Justice.

The appellant was convicted by a jury of murder. The jury found that an enhancement paragraph alleging a prior conviction for burglary of a habitation was true and assessed punishment at imprisonment for ninety-nine years.

The appellant complains that the court committed reversible error by excluding the testimony of a defense witness, Preston Lloyd Nettles. The court sustained the State’s hearsay objection to Nettles’ testimony, and the appellant made a bill of exceptions. Nettles testified out of the jury’s presence that during a conversation with the appellant, the…