Legal Opinion

Badall v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)

Decided January 31, 2007No. 09-05-498 CRPublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.

A jury convicted Chrisondath Badall of the murder of Ramdath Durgapersad. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 19.02(b) (Vernon 2003). The jury assessed punishment at fifty-five years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.

Badall raises four issues on appeal. Issues one and two address the testimony of a district judge who testified as a rebuttal witness for the State. Issue three concerns testimony about a statement Badall made while in police custody. Issue four asserts that the prosecution’s questions were a comment on Badall’s…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Dinkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Grant v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2011
  2. Badall v. DurgapersadCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2014
  3. Fabian Fabela v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2014
  4. AMSPACHER v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2009
  5. Chrisondath Badall v. Rukmin Durgapersad, Susan Durgapersad, Reshma Durgapersad and Rekha Durgapersad, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2009

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