Bell v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

In light of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals recent opinion in Snowden v. State, 353 S.W.3d 815, (Tex.Crim.App.*5312011) (designated for publication), we have withdrawn our previous opinion in this case issued September 14, 2011, and substitute this opinion. See Tex.R.App. P. 19.1.

At some point during Vaughn Ray Bell’s Fannin County jury trial for possessing the drug Ecstasy1 — and without the record reflecting any action or threat by Bell that warranted such action — some form of physical restraint was placed on his person for the remainder of his…