Bell v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted appellant for having committed the felony offense of Murder. At the punishment phase, the jury rejected appellant’s request for probation and assessed his sentence at confinement in the Texas De partment of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division for a term of thirty (30) years. Appellant raises four points of error for our consideration. Each point of error focuses in one way or another on a portion of the State’s cross-examination of appellant’s mother, Jessie Bell, which took place during the punishment phase of the trial.

The record reflects…