Legal Opinion

Vasquez v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided May 28, 1992No. 13-91-450-CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions

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

  1. Kinnamon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  2. Brooks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  3. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  4. Whiting v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  5. Briddle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Albert Mitchell, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1995
  2. Dale Robert Sanchez v. State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2007
  3. Willie Reynolds v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2000

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