Second Court of Appeals

Summaries of Civil Opinions and Published Criminal Opinions Issued - Week of May 3, 2021.

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McBurnett v. State, No. 02-19-00418-CR (May 6, 2021) (Walker, J., joined by Kerr and Birdwell, JJ.).

Held:  The trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying a mistrial after a witness referred to Appellant’s incarceration; the trial court’s curative instruction was sufficient to ameliorate the prejudice from the remark.  In addition, the trial court did not err by refusing to include an instruction on temporary insanity caused by intoxication in the punishment jury charge.  There is no evidence in the record that Appellant did not know at the time of the offense that his conduct was wrong.