Nickerson v. State

OPINION

JEFFREY V. BROWN, Justice.

A jury convicted Alan Michal Nickerson of capital murder and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. In nine issues, Nicker-son contends that the trial court erred by: (1) allowing Nickerson’s statements to police officers to be admitted into evidence; (2) failing to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offense of felony murder; (3) allowing a police officer to testify about inadmissible hearsay statements; and (4) failing to grant a mistrial when the prosecutor repeatedly argued outside the record. We affirm.

I

At about nine o’clock on the evening of…