Carson v. State

OPINION

in which McCORMICK, P.J., and MEYERS, PRICE, HOLLAND, WOMACK, and JOHNSON, JJ., joined.

The question presented is whether the Fourth Court of Appeals erred in remanding this case to the trial court with instructions that a new punishment hearing be held. We hold that the Court of Appeals did err.

The Relevant Facts

A Bexar County jury found appellant, Terrance D. Carson, guilty of murder under Texas Penal Code § 19.02(b) and assessed his punishment at imprisonment for fifty years. On appeal, appellant argued that the trial court reversibly erred during voir dire in not allowing him to ask…