Legal Opinion

Sullivan v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided August 30, 1984No. 01-82-0118-CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of felony criminal mischief and assessed her punishment at two years confinement. An active supporter of the Revolutionary Communist Party, appellant allegedly spray-painted upon a wall of the Exxon Building in Houston the following message:

Fly the Red Flag

Red, White and Blue — We Spit on You!

May 1st, 1982

Six grounds of error are presented.

Appellant’s first ground of error urges that the trial court erred by restricting her jury voir dire so severely that her attorneys were unable to intelligently exercise peremptory challenges. She argues…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  2. Burns v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  3. Sanne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  4. Boulware v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  5. De La Rosa v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Gonzales v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1999
  2. Rogers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
  3. Brumley v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1991
  4. Gonzales v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1998
  5. Pryne v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994

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