Sanders v. State

OPINION

JOHN S. ANDERSON, Justice.

Appellant Windeon Demane Sanders was convicted by a jury of the offense of felony murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. In three points of error, appellant appeals his conviction, arguing the trial court erred by: (1) entering a “deadly weapon” affirmative finding; (2) refusing to allow appellant to present evidence of child abuse during the punishment phase, and (3) refusing to grant a mistrial based on the prosecution’s improper closing argument. We affirm the judgment as reformed.

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