CARSON v. STATE

No. 04-96-00768-CR.

986 S.W.2d 24 (1998)

Terrance CARSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled September 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie L. Stevens, San Antonio, for Appellant.

Alan E. Battaglia, Assistant Criminal District Attorney, San Antonio, for Appellee.

Before TOM RICKHOFF, Justice, ALMA L. LÓPEZ, Justice and SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice.


OPINION

SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice.

The jury refused to find Terrance Carson acted in self-defense when he shot and killed Ruben Romero and, therefore, found Carson guilty of murder, sentencing him to fifty years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice—Institutional Division. Carson appeals, contending the trial judge erred in refusing to permit him to question the venire regarding whether they would consider probation in a murder case. We agree...

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