Legal Opinion

John Claude Sella v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided December 21, 2012No. 08-11-00028-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS JOHN CLAUDE SELLA, § No. 08-11-00028-CR Appellant, § Appeal from the v. § 213th District Court THE STATE OF TEXAS, § of Tarrant County, Texas Appellee. § (TC# 0961525D) § OPINION John Claude Sella appeals his felony conviction for driving while intoxicated. Sella contends that during the State’s closing argument, the trial court erred by overruling his objection to a rhetorical question asked by the State which Sella argues was a comment on his failure to testify. Finding no error, we affirm. BACKGROUND Sella was stopped for erratic…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Mosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  3. Wesbrook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Patrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  5. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989

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