Legal Opinion

Strain v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided September 25, 2003No. 01-02-01067-CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TERRY JENNINGS, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Cedric O’Dei Strain, guilty of aggravated robbery, and the trial court assessed punishment at confinement for seven years. In three points of error, appellant contends that, in violation of his constitutional and statutory rights against self-incrimination, 1 the trial court erred in overruling his objection to the State’s improper jury argument. We affirm.

Facts and Procedural Background

On February 17, 2002, the complainant, Marion Godwin, a 73-year-old woman, was attacked by two men while getting into her car at a flea market. One of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Felder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  2. Bustamante v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  3. Trevino v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1998

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Brandon Kirk Lair v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2008
  2. Gustavo De Jesus Lopez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2009
  3. Nathaniel Briscoe v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2013
  4. Richard Schrader v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2011

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