Legal Opinion · Dissent

Borjan v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 21, 1990No. 1055-86Published

1DissentTeague, Judge

It is, or should be, axiomatic in our law that no matter how vile, perverted, or even inhumanly criminal an accused person might be, or appears to be, he or she is still entitled under our law to receive a fair trial, which includes a trial free from improper jury argument by the prosecuting attorney. This is even true for those accused persons who might appear to be cut from the cloth of “middle class America,” but who wilfully and intentionally violate one of our penal laws.

Thus, no matter how despicable Carlos Borjan, henceforth appellant, or any other accused person might appear to be to…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Alejandro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  4. Adamson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  5. United States v. David GarzaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979

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