Askew v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIES, Chief Justice.
Appellant was convicted by a jury of aggravated robbery, and the jury assessed his punishment at twenty-five years in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant has perfected appeal to this Court.
His first ground of error follows: “The trial court erred in failing to grant appellant’s motion for mistrial in response to the prosecutor’s comments in closing argument at the punishment phase regarding extraneous offenses allegedly committed by the appellant.” Specifically, the argument complained of is set out below:
“[PROSECUTOR]: Look at these. I think that we can…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cherry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Morgan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Smith v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1982