Howard v. State

QUINN, Justice.

Appellant Kenneth Daniel Howard, Jr. was convicted following a jury trial for delivery of a controlled substance. The jury assessed punishment at twenty-one (21) years confinement. In effort to overturn his conviction, the Appellant raises two points of error. The first concerns the closing argument of the prosecutor and whether it warranted a mistrial. The second involves whether, during the punishment phase, he was sufficiently identified as the individual described in two prior orders deferring adjudication, which orders were admitted as evidence. Believing that no error…