Legal Opinion

Cole v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 28, 1981No. 59727PublishedCited by 89 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of murder. The punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, is imprisonment for life.

Appellant asserts that: (1) the court erred in enhancing his punishment because the evidence was insufficient to sustain an enhancement allegation in the indictment; (2) there was a fatal variance between an enhancement allegation in the indictment and the evidence adduced to sustain that allegation; and (3) the court erred in excluding a police officer’s testimony of the description of the person who shot the deceased which was…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Hollins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  2. Baity v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  3. Lyons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
  4. Plessinger v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  5. Howell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978

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3Cited by89 opinions

  1. Human v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  2. Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  3. Freda v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  4. Santana v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  5. Williams v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1998

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