Douglas v. State

OPINION

THOMAS, Justice.

The jury convicted Appellant of burglary of a habitation and assessed his punishment at thirty years in prison. He contends on appeal that the court erred when it refused to suppress incriminating oral statements and evidence which he alleged had been illegally seized. He also claims that the court erred when it refused to grant a mistrial after the District Clerk had erroneously informed the jury panel that he was being tried under three cause numbers rather than one. We affirm.

Melvin Judie, who resided at 306 Soders Street in Marlin, returned home and discovered that…