Legal Opinion
Alejandro v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 11, 1973No. 46383PublishedCited by 796 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ODOM, Judge.
Appellant entered a plea of guilty to the offense of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, to-wit: marihuana; punishment was assessed by the jury at 25 years.
Complaint is made that reversible error was committed when the prosecutor went outside the record in his closing jury argument.
The record shows that, appellant’s counsel argued for a probated sentence, and stated:
“ . . . this defendant will be best served by giving him supervision, and if that supervision doesn’t work, then of course he will be sent off to the penitentiary.”
The prosecutor responded in his closing…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Frazier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Ward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Stearn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Hodge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Minafee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
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3Cited by796 opinions
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- Todd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
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