Young v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated rape. Punishment was assessed at twenty years.

Grounds of error one through eight complain of improper jury argument. In six instances the trial court instructed the jury to disregard the statements of the prosecutor. In another instance the prosecutor withdrew his statement. We have reviewed the record and conclude that the court’s action and the prosecutor’s withdrawal of his statement were sufficient to cure any harm caused by the argument. A declaration of mistrial was unnecessary. Pringle v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 511…