Legal Opinion

Bolden v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 16, 1998No. 2-96-587-CRPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CAYCE, Chief Justice.

Michael Lamont Bolden was convicted of murder and sentenced to 99 years’ confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In four points, he contends the trial court improperly admitted the prior consistent statement of a State’s witness and erred in failing to grant his motion for mistrial based upon improper jury argument. We will affirm.

Because appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction, we will address the facts only as applicable to each point raised.

Appellant, a “Crips” gang…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Rock v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Taylor v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Dinkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  4. Alejandro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. David W. McKay v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Klein v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
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  3. American Idol, General, LP D/B/A the REO, and Randy Hanson A/K/A Randall Hanson v. Pither Plumbing Co., Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2015
  4. Castillo, Richard Morales v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2004
  5. Cetric Deshun Allen v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2002

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