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SILVA v. STATE

No. 10-98-221-CR.

995 S.W.2d 872 (1999)

Santiago Briceno SILVA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

June 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Griffith, Waxahachie, for appellant.

Joe F. Grubbs, District Attorney, Cynthia W. Hellstern, Asst. District Attorney, Waxahachie, for appellee.

Before Chief Justice DAVIS, Justice VANCE, and Justice GRAY.

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

Santiago Silva pled not guilty to a charge of murder. He was convicted by a jury and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals, asserting four issues for review. For simplicity, we will group his points into two issues:

▸ the court erred in denying his request for a mistrial after the jury saw him in handcuffs, shackled, and wearing a "belly-chain"; the incident was not "fortuitous" or "inadvertent";

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