Burnett v. State

SAM TAYLOR, Judge.

Appellant Terry Burnett was convicted of possession of marijuana and, with one prior felony conviction, sentenced to six years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.

I

On this appeal, he first contends that the court erred in denying a motion for mistrial on the basis of the following:

“Tell us, if you would, what you observed prior to obtaining that search warrant on the night of September the twenty-fourth.

“MR. PRESTWOOD: Now, we object if the Court please, unless the question is directed towards one or the other of the two places allegedly to be searched?

“Q Okay, his residence…