Legal Opinion
Buchanan v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 28, 1991No. B14-90-00557-CR, B14-90-0554-CRPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAJORITY OPINION
JUNELL, Justice.
A jury convicted appellant of the offenses of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle (Cause No. 19,086-272) and theft (Cause No. 19,087-272) and the trial court assessed punishment at ten years in each cause, sentences to run concurrently, in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Appellant brings two points of error alleging: (1) the trial court erred in allowing the jury to submit written questions which were propounded to the witnesses, allowing the jurors to become advocates rather than impartial finders of fact; and (2)…
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- State v. LeMasterCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1983
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3Cited by17 opinions
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