Haynes v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder, with the punishment assessed by the court at 60 years.

Appellant’s first ground of error complains that the court erred in allowing the district attorney to display a weapon to the jury that was not in evidence. Appellant argues that: “The question is not if the gun could be admitted, the question here is should this case be reversed because the District attorney displayed an object which was never admitted into evidence.” The gun complained about was identified by the witnesses as being similar to the gun used in the…