Legal Opinion

Thomas v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 11, 1970No. 41962PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for robbery by assault; the punishment, ninety-nine years.

This is a companion case with Thornton v. State, 451 S.W.2d 898 and Lampkin v. State, 451 S.W.2d 911.

In the first ground of error, appellant contends that reversible error was committed when he was brought before the jury panel in white overalls.

The record reflects that appellant appeared before the jury panel for approximately thirty minutes during the voir dire examination in prison overalls. He preferred to wear the jail clothing, because he thought his regular clothes were too dirty; the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Keel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  2. Thornton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  3. Wilkinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  4. Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  5. Dailey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Eastep v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Hurd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  3. Hicks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. Stockton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
  5. Thornton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970

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