Court Opinion

ID: 9776002
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 19:16:06.721097+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:32.594267
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OPINION ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
DALLY, Commissioner.
The appellant’s motion for leave to file motion for rehearing was granted. After further consideration, we have concluded that the appeal was properly decided on original submission and the motion for rehearing should be overruled. However, on original submission the appellant’s ground of error number thirteen was not discussed; we will do so now.
In rebuttal after the defense had rested, the State called as a witness Bill Lee Jones, the former husband of the appellant’s wife Mary Frances. Jones was the father of the deceased child. He testified that he was married to Mary Frances the early part of 1971 and that they were divorced in 1972. He also testified that while they were married Mary Frances had cared for the children. Jones was then asked whether Mary Frances had ever abused or harmed the children. He answered, “Never.” Defense counsel then objected on the grounds that this elicited testimony concerning a time which predated those to which defense counsel had been restricted, also that to permit such testimony would be inconsistent with the court’s prior ruling. The court sustained the objection and instructed the jury not to consider the question or the answer. A motion for mistrial was overruled. The trial court’s prompt action in sustaining the objection and in instructing the jury to disregard the question and the answer adequately protected the appellant’s rights; reversible error is not shown. See Stokes v. State, 506 S.W.2d 860 (Tex.Cr.App.1974); Hopkins v. State, 480 S.W.2d 212 (Tex.Cr.App.1972); Allen v. State, 513 S.W.2d 556 (Tex.Cr.App.1974); Walker v. State, 513 S.W.2d 39 (Tex.Cr.App.1974); Mistrot v. State, 471 S.W.2d 831 (Tex.Cr.App.1971).
The appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.
Opinion approved by the Court.