Legal Opinion

Scott v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 4, 1936No. 18507Published

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1Opinion

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

HAWKINS, Judge.

— During the argument counsel for the State used language which is claimed to have been obviously harmful, and upon which we are urged to predicate a reversal. No objection was made to the argument at the time and the trial court was not requested to take any action thereon. So far as the record shows the trial court was not aware of any objection to the argument until the bill of exception complaining of it was presented to him seventy-five days later.

We have held many times that to be available objection to argument must be made at the time of the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Salinas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  2. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  3. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  4. Crowley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  5. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930

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