Horst v. State

BOYD, Justice.

Appellant Daniel Bellarion Horst appeals his conviction for murder and the jury-assessed punishment of ninety-nine years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. In five points, appellant argues that the trial court erred in (1) amending, over appellant’s objections, the indict-mént; (2) overruling appellant’s motion for mistrial because of the unauthorized communication with jurors Jennings, Dunn and Tarter; and (3) implicitly finding that there was no reasonable probability that an informant could give testimony necessary to a fair determination of appellant’s guilt…