STATE v. DOYLE

No. 13-03-602-CR.

140 S.W.3d 890 (2004)

The STATE of Texas, Appellant, v. George DOYLE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.

July 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos Valdez, Nueces County Dist. Atty., Douglas K. Norman, Asst. Dist. Atty., Corpus Christi, for appellant.

James R. Lawrence, Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before Justices HINOJOSA, YANEZ, and CASTILLO.


OPINION

Opinion by Justice YANEZ.

The State appeals from the trial court's grant of defendant/appellee's motion for mistrial. In two issues, the State contends the trial court abused its discretion by: (1) granting a motion for new trial absent a written and filed motion; and (2) granting a new trial solely because the defendant's trial counsel died shortly after the jury returned a guilty verdict and before punishment phase began. We affirm.

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