Blackshear, George Edward

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0889-11 GEORGE EDWARD BLACKSHEAR, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HARRIS COUNTY K EASLER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which K ELLER, P.J., P RICE, W OMACK, J OHNSON, H ERVEY, C OCHRAN, and A LCALA, J.J., joined. M EYERS, J., not participating. OPINION The Fourteenth Court of Appeals held that the trial judge committed reversible error when he denied George Blackshear’s unsworn oral motion for a continuance following a mistrial during the punishment…