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Hawkins v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 19, 2004No. 571-03PublishedCited by 1,104 opinions

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2Opinion of the Court · KellerKeller, P.J.

in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

I. BACKGROUND

Appellant was convicted of possession of cocaine. He complained on appeal that the prosecutor made an improper comment regarding the application of parole law. The Court of Appeals agreed and reversed his conviction. In its petition for discretionary review, the State complains that the Court of Appeals conducted an improper harm analysis. We shall reverse.

A. The complained-of argument

During argument at the punishment phase, the following colloquy occurred:

[PROSECUTOR]: One very important…

3Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Mosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  3. Wesbrook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Ladd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  5. Cain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997

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4Cited by1,104 opinions

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