Ford v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

A jury convicted Appellant of robbery and assessed punishment at confinement for forty-six years. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. Ford v. State, 835 S.W.2d 784 (Tex.App.—Houston [14th] 1992).

Appellant filed a petition for discretionary review raising three grounds, including whether the Court of Appeals erred in upholding the trial court’s practice of permitting jurors to submit written questions to witnesses. After the Court of Appeals decided the instant case, this Court held that the trial court errs when it allows…