Judge defends decision allowing filming of deliberations ASSOCIATED PRESS December 02, 2002 HOUSTON (AP) - The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals would be acting prematurely if it blocked the filming of jury deliberations in a 17-year-old's capital murder trial, a state district judge told the appeals court late Monday. Last week, the appeals court halted the trial of Cedric Harrison and ordered State District Judge Ted Poe to respond by Monday to issues raised by Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal. "Any request for ... relief is premature because the defendant has not been convicted and an appeal filed,"...