Wiseman v. State

OPINION

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Joseph Wise-man, guilty of the felony offense of injury to a child and assessed his punishment at 35 years’ confinement. In two points of error, appellant contends that the trial court violated his due process rights under the Constitutions of the United States and Texas by (1) ordering him to be shackled for the duration of his trial and (2) allowing prosecutorial misconduct during closing arguments over appellant’s objections.

Because we sustain appellant’s first point of error, and reverse and remand for a new trial, we need not…