TANKSLEY v. STATE

No. 374-84.

689 S.W.2d 224 (1985)

Alfred Lee TANKSLEY, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

February 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Seerden, Howard Marek, Victoria, for appellant.

George J. Filley, III, Dist. Atty., Victoria, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


Appellant's motion for rehearing on petition for discretionary review denied.

TEAGUE, Judge, dissenting.

In his appellate brief on direct appeal, Alfred Lee Tanksley, appellant, made the following assertion in his first ground of error: "The Trial Court committed reversible error in denying Appellant's Motion for Mistrial because no valid reason existed for presenting the Appellant before the prospective jurors while wearing leg irons and handcuffs." The State...

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