Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 28, 1995No. 2-93-539-CRPublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

Appellant Alvin Wade Davis was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a child under fourteen years of age and was sentenced to forty-five years’ imprisonment by a jury. In three points of error, appellant complains the trial court erred by: 1) restricting the direct examination of a defense witness to show bias of a prosecution witness; 2) allowing the State to contract with a venireperson to accept evidence from a child; and 3) denying appellant’s request for a mistrial following improper punishment phase argument by the prosecutor.- We affirm the trial…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. David W. McKay v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Cook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  3. Nethery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  4. Long v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  5. Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2001
  2. Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2003
  3. Pace v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1999
  4. Woodall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2002
  5. Garza v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2000

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