Allen, Rodney Wayne

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 12, 2017
• Docket: PD-1252-15
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-1252-15

RODNEY WAYNE ALLEN, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HARRIS COUNTY

P ER C URIAM.

OPINION

After a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of murder. The trial court assessed his

punishment at forty-five years in the penitentiary. On appeal, Appellant argued that the trial

court erred to exclude evidence which he contended was relevant to his claim of self-defense.

The court of appeals rejected his claims, partly on the basis of procedural default and partly

on the merits. Allen v. State, 473 S.W.3d 426 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2015). We

granted discretionary review in order to examine the rulings of the court of appeals. Having Allen — 2

examined the record and the briefs, we have determined that our decision to grant review was

improvident. Accordingly, we dismiss Appellant’s petition for discretionary review as

improvidently granted.

DELIVERED: April 12, 2017 PUBLISH