Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

James Bernard Becknell, Jr., Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

November 19, 19861986 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 882

Summary

The Court affirmed the murder conviction, holding that although the admission of gun‑dealer records obtained from an unlawful search was error, the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, and that the trial judge’s bench comment on the weight of the evidence did not constitute reversible error.