Archie, Trent De'ray

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-0189-10

TRENT ARCHIE, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

WALKER COUNTY

O P I N I O N

Trent Archie, the appellant, was convicted by a jury of murder, and the judge assessed punishment at forty years' imprisonment. In a published opinion, the Tenth Court of Appeals in Waco reversed the appellant's conviction and remanded the cause to the trial court, concluding that the trial court abused its discretion by denying the appellant's motion for a mistrial. (1) In its petition for…