Paul Anthony Crayton v. State

OPINION

Kem Thompson Frost, Chief Justice

In this appeal of convictions for murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, we must assess whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying a defendant’s motions for mistrial. We also determine whether a trial court’s limiting instruction on evidence of an extraneous offense constituted an improper comment on the weight of the evidence. We affirm.

I. Factual and PROCEDURAL Background

Appellant Paul A. Crayton shot complainant James Martin several times in the parking lot of the Bourbon Street Bar. Appellant then re-entered the bar.…