Legal Opinion

Simpson v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 19, 1998No. 10-97-402-CRPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

VANCE, Justice.

A Tarrant County jury convicted Melody Simpson of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and she was sentenced as an habitual offender to forty-five years in prison. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 22.02 (Vernon 1994). She appeals, presenting five issues for review. Simpson’s first four complaints allege that two extraneous offenses were erroneously admitted into evidence while two prior bad acts of the victim were erroneously excluded from evidence. She also contends that the court erred in allowing improper jury argument from the State. Finding no error, we will affirm the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Dinkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  2. Cook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  3. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Plante v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  5. Lucas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989

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3Cited by5 opinions

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