Legal Opinion

Campbell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 17, 1980No. 65179PublishedCited by 132 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

Appeal is from conviction for kidnapping. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 20.03. Appellant pled guilty and filed an application for probation. The jury assessed punishment at five years.

In her second ground of error, appellant contends that “the trial court erred in permitting the prosecutor to argue facts to the jury that were not supported by the record regarding the defendant’s intent.”

Appellant, sixteen years of age at the time of the offense, had been hired to babysit for Shanita Perkins, an eighteen-month-old child. After caring for the child for approximately four…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Alejandro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  2. Stearn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Pena v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
  4. Turrentine v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976

3Cited by132 opinions

  1. Mays v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1995
  2. Borjan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  3. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2001
  5. Faulkner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1997

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