Legal Opinion

Calloway v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided September 25, 1985No. 668-84PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was indicted for the offense of aggravated possession of a controlled substance, namely, cocaine. 1 One prior felony conviction was alleged for enhancement of punishment. A jury found him guilty of the lesser included offense of possession of a controlled substance. 2 Upon proof of the alleged prior conviction, the judge assessed punishment at 30 years’ imprisonment.

On appeal the appellant raised a number of grounds of error. His seventh ground of error read:

The trial court committed reversible error by…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Calloway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  2. James v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  3. Howard v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1998
  4. Stephenson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2008
  5. Thompson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2002

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