Legal Opinion

Bray v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 29, 1972No. 44641PublishedCited by 94 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery by assault where the punishment was assessed at 20 years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged, but we are confronted with appellant’s complaint that the remarks of the prosecuting attorney in his jury argument at the guilt stage of the trial constituted a personal attack on the “integrity and competence of appellant’s attorney.” He urges that said remarks could only act “to the irreparable injury and prejudice of the appellant.”

The prosecutor’s argument complained of was as follows:

“Our client doesn’t…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Summers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1944
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971

3Cited by94 opinions

  1. Dinkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  2. Todd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Boyde v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. Norris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995

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