Legal Opinion

Gonzales v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 9, 1999No. 1411-98PublishedCited by 112 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · MansfieldMansfield, J.

which McCORMICK, P.J., and KELLER, HOLLAND, WOMACK, and KEASLER, J.J., joined.

This case presents the following question: Is a trial court’s erroneous exclusion of a proper question during jury voir dire subject to a harmless error analysis?

The Relevant Facts

A Jefferson County grand jury indicted appellant on two counts: aggravated assault and possession of a deadly weapon in a penal institution. See Tex. Pen.Code §§ 22.02, 46.10. These charges related back to an incident in which appellant, an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division, attacked a…

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3Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  5. Sullivan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1993

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4Cited by112 opinions

  1. Barajas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. Rich v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  3. Schmutz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
  4. Chimney v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1999
  5. Franklin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000

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