Guerrero v. State

ROBERTSON, Justice.

The conviction is for murder; the jury assessed punishment at confinement for seventy (70) years and one (1) day. At issue on appeal are questions concerning the admissibility of evidence, argument by the prosecutor, effective assistance of counsel, sufficiency of the jury verdict, and sufficiency of the indictment. Because of our disposition of his third ground of error, it only needs to be discussed as it dictates reversal.

In his third ground of error, appellant contends the trial court erred in permitting his ex-mother-in-law “to testify that she was afraid to testify”…