Legal Opinion
Lara v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided October 15, 1987No. 01-86-0505-CRPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON REHEARING
DUNN, Justice.
Our prior opinion of June 11, 1987, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted.
A jury found the appellant guilty of murder, found an enhancement paragraph true, and assessed punishment at confinement for life.
The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.
In point of error one, the appellant argues that the trial court erred by failing to have the indictment read to the jury, and by failing to have the appellant plead to the charge in front of the jury at the commencement of the guilt-innocence phase. The appellant’s argument is based on Tex. Code…
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