Cornell Smith Jr v. State

OPINION

TERRY JENNINGS, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Cornell Smith, Jr., guilty of the offense of murder, 1 and the trial court assessed his punishment at confinement for forty years. In his first of six issues, appellant contends that trial court erred in allowing the State to seek an illegal sentence and mislead the jury panel during voir dire. In his remaining issues, he contends that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a previously-recorded interview of a witness, irrelevant and prejudicial evidence, evidence of an extraneous offence, and hearsay evidence.

We affirm…