Opinion ID: 1930062
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Supplemental Jury Instructions

Text: Appellant's counsel contends: The [trial] court's supplemental charges to the jury were so argumentative, prejudicial and inflammatory that a negative image was created in the minds of the jurors thus creating undue influence and bias towards the Appellant. In essence, Appellant does not contest either the trial court's original or supplemental jury instructions as being incorrect statements of the applicable law; however, he insists that the negative frame of reference in which these otherwise correct charges were stated to the jury constituted prejudicial error. We have carefully examined the trial court's supplemental instructions in light of its entire charge; and while we agree that the trial court should exercise great care in giving its instructions to the jury, so as not to create an undue influence or bias in favor of either side, we find no prejudicial error. AFFIRMED. TORBERT, C.J., and MADDOX, BEATTY, HOUSTON and STEAGALL, JJ., concur. JONES, ALMON, SHORES and ADAMS, JJ., concur in part and dissent in part.