Allen, Rodney Wayne

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
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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