Monsevias v. State

JAMES, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of the offense of murder and assessed a punishment of life in the Texas Department of Corrections and a $10,000 fine. We reverse and remand.

Appellant brings forward ten grounds of error. Because we sustain his ground of error one, we need not discuss appellant’s remaining grounds of error.

In his ground of error one, appellant asserts that the trial court erred in failing to grant his timely motion for new trial because the trial court abused its discretion in denying appellant’s first motion for continuance.

The record reflects that on January 8,…