Legal Opinion

Garrett v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 12, 1982No. 62711, 62712PublishedCited by 102 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TEAGUE, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury in a consolidated trial for committing two separate robbery offenses. The trial court assessed his punishment at 13 years’ confinement in the penitentiary, with the sentences to be served concurrently.

Appellant raises in his appeal only one ground of error, which relates to the prosecuting attorney’s closing jury argument which was made at the guilt-innocence stage of the appellant’s trial.

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. Appellant neither testified nor presented any evidence during his trial. The State’s…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Alejandro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. McKenzie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981

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3Cited by102 opinions

  1. Allridge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  2. Saylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. Dickinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. Albiar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985

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