Hollander, Joe Shawn
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-1447-12 JOE SHAWN HOLLANDER, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE ELEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS EASTLAND COUNTY C OCHRAN, J., filed a concurring opinion. OPINION I join the majority opinion. I write separately to emphasize that appellant suffered egregious harm in this case because of the improper use of a permissive presumption that was given to the jury as an unconstitutional mandatory presumption. The moral of this story is that trial judges should not include a reference to any statutory…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Carella v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Ward v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2002