Barba v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice Burgess

On June 19, 2014, Italph Barba, Jr., was indicted for the first degree felony offense of continuous sexual abuse of a young child.1 A jury found Barba guilty of the offense and assessed his punishment at life imprisonment. In his sole point of error on appeal, Barba contends that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to grant a mistrial when the State repeatedly made comments regarding confessions in criminal cases during jury voir dire proceedings. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

I. Introduction

The State’s indictment alleged that Bar-ba…