Legal Opinion

Jabari v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided November 20, 2008No. 01-07-00922-CRPublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JANE BLAND, Justice.

A jury convicted Faruq Kwame Jabari, also known as Howard or Harry Johnson, of aggravated sexual assault, and sentenced him to confinement for life in prison. Jabari appeals his conviction, contending in five issues that: (1) the trial court abused its discretion by allowing evidence of extraneous offenses during the guilt/innocence phase of the trial; (2) he was denied his due process right to a fair and impartial jury and his right to confront the witnesses against him when the jury witnessed an outburst in Spanish by the complaining witness; (3) he was denied due…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  3. Sims v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
  4. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998

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3Cited by56 opinions

  1. Edward George McGregor v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2012
  2. Keith Ladale Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  3. Jason Alexander Smith v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2014
  4. Wilkinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  5. Richard Andrews v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2014

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