Legal Opinion · Dissent

Graue v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 10, 1990No. 04-88-00228-CRPublished

1DissentButts, Justice

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of attempted capital murder. A jury found the appellant guilty and assessed punishment at thirty years’ confinement.

In five points of error, the appellant argues that the trial court erred in: (1) permitting the prosecutor to elicit testimony from the complainant attacking defense counsel; (2) permitting hearsay testimony into evidence; (3) admitting a letter into evidence that bolstered the unimpeached testimony of the complainant; (4) admitting a letter previously written by the testifying witness that only served to bolster the witness’…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ex Parte EwingCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  2. Keller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  3. Stephens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  4. Wallace v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  5. Edmiston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975

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