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.