Legal Opinion
Whittington v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 16, 1979No. 57922PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ONION, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated assault; punishment, enhanced by two prior convictions, is imprisonment for life.
Appellant urges that evidence of extraneous offenses was improperly admitted. He also complains that the prosecutor engaged in improper argument at the guilt-innocence stage of the trial.
It was alleged that on or about March 27, 1976, appellant did “intentionally and knowingly cause bodily injury to M. L. Curran, hereafter styled the Complainant, a peace officer in the lawful discharge of an official duty, knowing at the time that…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Burns v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Ysasaga v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
- Cain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Holloway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Stein v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Tichnell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
- York v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008
- Fritz Whittington v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Coons v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
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