Vasquez v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FEDERICO G. HINOJOSA, Jr., Justice.
A jury found appellant guilty of the offense of delivery of a controlled substance. The court found the enhancement allegation true and assessed punishment at twenty years’ confinement. By a single point of error, appellant complains that the State's final argument in the guilt stage was so prejudicial that an instruction to disregard would not have cured the harm. We disagree and affirm the trial court’s judgment.
Jury arguments must be confined to four areas: 1) summation of the evidence, 2) reasonable deductions from the evidence, 3) answers to the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Kinnamon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
- Brooks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
- Whiting v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
- Briddle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
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