Legal Opinion

Mandujano v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 26, 1960No. 32232PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the sale of heroin; the punishment, 15 years.

No statement of facts on the trial is before us; however, we do have a statement of facts on the hearing of the motion for new trial. From this we learn that at one juncture of their deliberations one of the jurors asked if appellant had testified or why he had not; he was immediately instructed that such was not a proper matter for the jury’s consideration, and the matter was pursued no further. We find no reversible error in this occurrence. Byrom v. State, 154 Tex. Cr. Rep. 121, 225 S. W. 2d 842; White v.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. De La Rosa v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  2. White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950
  3. Low v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  4. Byrom v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Dickhaut v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  2. Trevino v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
  3. Manning v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  4. Trevino v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966

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