WOMACK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which KELLER, P.J., and KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
This case requires us to decide two issues: May a defendant preserve error for appeal by moving for a mistrial without first making an objection and requesting an instruction to disregard? If he may, is it error to overrule such a motion for mistrial when an instruction to disregard could not have cured the harm of the objectionable event...
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