Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided August 13, 1997No. 10-96-191-CRPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DAVIS, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Kevin Wayne Williams of arson and assessed punishment at 60 years’ confinement. By six points of error, Williams now appeals his conviction complaining the evidence is insufficient regarding how the fire started, the prosecution injected new facts in closing argument, and the trial court erroneously allowed proof of extraneous offenses into evidence. Because the evidence is sufficient, new facts were not injected in the prosecutor’s closing argument and the trial court did not commit error requiring reversal, we affirm.

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  2. Santellan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  3. Matson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  4. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  5. Cantu v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Johnson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008
  2. Charles William Thomason v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2004
  3. Elenilson Flores Rodriguez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2015
  4. James R. Shook v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1998
  5. Johnson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008

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