Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 18, 2014No. PD-0473-13PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, COCHRAN, and ALCALA, JJ., joined.
The appellant was convicted by a jury of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.1 At trial, the appellant had sought to cross-examine two State’s witnesses for bias by informing the jury of the specific felony charges — and concomitant ranges of punishment — the witness then faced in Harris County. However, the trial court limited his cross-examination to exposing the fact that the witnesses stood accused only of certain unspecified “felonies.” On…
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