| CCA Case No. |
Defendant's Name |
Case Citation |
(What Was Granted?)(Date Granted)(County) Issue(s) Granted |
| PD-0344-12 | Cook, David Nathaniel | Vol. 20, No. 8 02/27/2012 02-10-0338-CR |
Appellant's & State's 05/09/2012 Denton / Manslaughter (State's): Whether the Court of Appeals properly found that Appellant's sole issue was preserved for appellate review where his objection at trial (motion for mistrial) was not timely made and was not specific enough to apprise the trial court of the complaint he makes on appeal (the trial court erred in reconvening jury and accepting new punishment verdict) (see 6 R.R. at 58; Appendix A at 12). (Appellant's): If a trial judge accepts a jury verdict, releases the jurors from their oaths, allows the former jurors to leave the courtroom and tells them they are free to discuss the case, sentences the defendant in accordance with the legal verdict, and then improperly reconvenes the jury for a second deliberation over objection, should the court of appeals reform the judgment to reflect the only proper, legal verdict? |