Legal Opinion
Brown v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 24, 1982No. 2-81-102-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JORDAN, Justice.
Appellant was convicted by a jury of burglary of a habitation and repetition; sentence was assessed by the jury at eighteen years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.
The appeal is on thirteen grounds of error. Because of our disposition of this case based on the first six grounds of error, our discussion will be limited primarily to those grounds.
Reversed and remanded for new trial.
The gravamen of the first six grounds of error concerns the somewhat sudden withdrawal of lead counsel for appellant, with the trial court’s approval, in the middle of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chandler v. Warden FretagSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Webb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- United States of America Ex Rel. Harry E. Carey v. A. T. Rundle, Supt.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Earl Edward Gandy v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Otis Ray Fitzgerald v. W. J. Estelle, Director Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by10 opinions
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