Legal Opinion
State v. Lee
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 12, 2000No. 168-98PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · MeyersMeyers, J.
joined by MANSFIELD, PRICE, WOMACK and JOHNSON.
Appellee was charged with the offense of indecency with a child. He pled not guilty and a jury was empaneled and sworn. During her opening statement to the jury, the prosecutor made the following assertions:
The evidence will be that early on in the investigation, Detective Raleeh, before any charges were filed, while the case was still being investigated, called [appellee] and said, I have- — there are some charges, a complaint has been filed against you, and I’m interested in talking to you about it.
And [appellee] said that he wasn’t…
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- Wainwright v. GreenfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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