Legal Opinion

Fazzino v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 28, 1976No. 50796PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the murder of his wife. Punishment was assessed at twenty years.

In the first two grounds of error, appellant complains of evidence of bad character that was admitted at trial. This included testimony by several witnesses that while married to the deceased he had slept with numerous women, urged one woman to engage in prostitution, asked a woman to get a date for him, smoked marihuana, and other infractions. Objection was made in only one instance. Nothing is presented for review with respect to that testimony not objected to at trial. Johnson v.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Stiles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  4. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Allridge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  2. Werner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  4. Wilder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  5. Kerns v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977

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