Warner v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

In July 1994, the Travis County Grand Jury indicted appellant, Michael Warner, for the felony offenses of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, and arson. See Tex. Penal Code §§ 20.04, 22.02, and 28.02. Shortly before trial, the State filed a motion in limine requesting, inter alia, that appellant be instructed not “to refer to, mention, inquire about, or allude to, either directly or indirectly, any of the following matters without first having taken up the matter with the Court out of the presence of the jury: ... Any evidence ...…