Legal Opinion

Torres v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided September 15, 1999No. 06-98-00211-CRPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice ROSS.

Oscar Torres appeals from his conviction for the offense of assault on a public servant resulting in bodily injury, a third degree felony. 1 A jury found him guilty and, after finding allegations of two enhancements to be true, assessed his punishment at life imprisonment.

On appeal, Torres contends that the trial court erred by depriving him of his constitutional right to properly voir dire the jury so that he could intelligently exercise his peremptory strikes, 2 by overruling his objections to improper prosecutorial argument, and by failing to define reasonable…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Howard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  5. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Shanks v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2000
  2. McCoy v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2001
  3. John Paul Garza v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2000
  4. Patsy McCoy v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. D/B/A Wal-Mart Discount Cities, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2001
  5. Richard Leonar Whytus v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2009

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