Legal Opinion
Stevens v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 27, 1991No. 2-90-066-CRPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HILL, Justice.
James Harold Stevens appeals his conviction by a jury for the offense of aggravated sexual assault as alleged in five paragraphs of a three count, ten paragraph indictment. The jury assessed his punishment at ninety-nine years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
Stevens contends in eight points of error that the trial court erred: (1) by continuing his trial with only eleven jurors; (2) by submitting a jury instruction at the guilt-innocence phase of the trial that was fundamentally defective because it failed to instruct on the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Clark v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Koffel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Pete v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Roberts v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1996
- Rodriguez v. MumboJumbo, L.L.C., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2011
- Esequeil Loredo v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2000
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