Legal Opinion

French v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 13, 1992No. 1129-91PublishedCited by 706 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Presiding Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of attempted murder and assessed punishment at confinement for fifteen years. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. French v. State, No. 11-90-085-CR (Tex.App.—Eastland, delivered August 22, 1991). We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review to address two grounds concerning the constitutionality of the parole law instruction included in the trial court’s charge to the jury. We also granted review to consider appellant’s ground that the Court of Appeals erred in…

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Collins v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Asberry v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1991
  3. Oakley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Grimes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  5. Rische v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988

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3Cited by706 opinions

  1. Luquis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. Skillern v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1995
  3. Joseph v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1999
  4. Rhoten v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2009
  5. Ferguson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2014

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