State v. Boyd

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice LANG.

The State of Texas appeals the trial court’s post-verdict order granting Shawn Oneal Boyd’s pre-verdict motion for mistrial.

In three issues, the State asserts the trial court abused its discretion when it granted Boyd’s motion for mistrial because: (1) the trial court cured the error when it sua sponte instructed the jury to disregard; (2) Boyd forfeited his right to relief because he did not object to the evidence, request an instruction to disregard, or obtain a ruling on his motion before the jury returned its verdict; and (3) the trial court’s ruling…