Brown, David Earl

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-1723-12 DAVID EARL BROWN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE’S MOTION TO PERMANENTLY ABATE THE APPEAL AFTER STATE’S PETITION GRANTED HARRIS COUNTY Per curiam. OPINION Appellant was on trial for murder. In the early morning hours of what would have been the final day of trial in the guilt phase, appellant sustained a gunshot wound to the head. After a one-day recess, the trial judge ruled that appellant’s absence from trial was voluntary because there was evidence that the injury may have been self-inflicted. The court conducted the…