Wilson v. State

OPINION

BAIRD, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of capital murder. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(3). The jury answered the punishment issues of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 37.071 in such a manner that the trial judge sentenced appellant to death. Appeal to this Court is automatic. Id., at § 2(h). As appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, we will set forth only the facts necessary to resolve appellant’s second point of error. We will reverse.

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The second point of error contends the State, during its closing arguments at the gmli/innocence stage of trial, improperly…