Gibson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON STATE’S THIRD MOTION FOR REHEARING
W.C. DAVIS, Judge.
A jury found appellant guilty of the offense of murder and assessed punishment at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections.
The record reflects that appellant had been previously convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the same cause. However, the trial judge subsequently granted appellant a new trial pursuant to Art. 40.-09, V.A.C.C.P., prior to the 1981 amendment. During appellant’s re-trial in the instant case the prosecutor impermissibly cross-examined appellant about his former trial and the punishment…
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