Rasbury v. State

OPINION

FARRIS, Justice.

Lyndon Maurice Rasbury appeals his conviction for murder raising five points of error. Points one through four relate to alleged jury misconduct during the deliberations on guilt-innocence and in deliberations on punishment. Point fives raises ineffective assistance of counsel during both the trial and the punishment phase. We abate this appeal based upon a review of points one and three because we find that a new hearing is necessary on Ras-bury’s motion for new trial alleging that jury misconduct occurred at the guilt-innocence phase of trial.

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