Legal Opinion
Turner v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 15, 1981No. 60495PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ODOM, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated rape. Punishment was assessed at imprisonment for 99 years.
Initially appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the complainant’s in-court identification of him as the perpetrator of the rape. He contends that the identification was the result of “unfair influence.”
The testimony at the motion to suppress hearing revealed the following. On the night of December 29, 1976, the complaining witness responded to a knock on the front door. She turned on an outdoor floodlight and could see a man…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
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3Cited by50 opinions
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