Legal Opinion
Simmons v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 20, 1970No. 42716PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.
The offense is rape by force and threats; the punishment, eight years.
Appellant filed motion, at the time of entering his plea of not guilty, requesting that the jury assess the punishment in the event a verdict of guilty was returned. He also filed written motion for probation in which he swore that he had never been convicted of a felony in this state or any other state.
Appellant’s brief sets forth two grounds of error. Ground No. 1 is: “The Court erred in admitting into evidence State’s Exhibit No. 3, the same being a record of a conviction for theft in the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Loper v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Ex Parte FloresCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Baldwin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Otis Loper v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Wood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
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