Legal Opinion
Griffin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 5, 1991No. 245-90PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
2Per curiam
A jury convicted appellant of burglary of a motor vehicle, and the trial court assessed punishment at confinement for six years. On appeal appellant complained that he had argued that removal of a tire and hubcap was not burglary, the State objected that such was a mistatement of the law, and the trial court sustained that objection. The court of appeals assumed, without deciding, that the objection was improperly sustained, thus constituting error, but held it was not reversible and affirmed the judgment. Griffin v. State, 725 S.W.2d…
3Cases cited15 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
- Satterwhite v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Belyeu v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
- Nevarez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
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4Cited by31 opinions
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- Hernandez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1996
- Richardson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
- Neuman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1997
- Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London v. LawCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
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