Uranga v. State - 6th COA
A mistrial should not have been granted once a juror realized, after seeing the
defendant drive across the juror's yard in a video of the defendant's
car-chase, that the defendant was the previously unknown person who had
driven through the juror's yard, thereby making him a victim of the
defendant's extraneous conduct. There is no implied bias when it is discovered in the middle of a
punishment trial that a juror is a victim of the defendant's extraneous
(misdemeanor-level) conduct that requires granting a mistrial. Also,
the denial of a mistrial was not an abuse of discretion because the
trial court concluded the juror would remain unbiased based on his
repeated assertions. Uranga v. State, 06-07-00017-CR.
