Legal Opinion
Oliva v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided April 24, 1997No. 14-94-00972-CRPublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEE, Justice.
Appellant appeals his conviction for the felony offense of aggravated sexual assault. TexPenal Code Ann. § 22.021 (Vernon 1994). In four points of error, appellant challenges (1) the sufficiency of the evidence; (2) the exclusion of certain evidence; (3) the prosecutor’s closing argument at the punishment stage of trial; and (4) the effectiveness of his counsel. We reverse and remand the case for a new punishment hearing.
BACKGROUND
The complainant testified that she was walking to her boyfriend’s apartment when appellant pulled his Suburban alongside her and asked if she…
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