Legal Opinion
John Claude Sella v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided December 21, 2012No. 08-11-00028-CRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
JOHN CLAUDE SELLA,
Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee.
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No. 08-11-00028-CR
Appeal from the
213th District Court
of Tarrant County, Texas
(TC# 0961525D)
O P I N I O N
John Claude Sella appeals his felony conviction for driving while intoxicated. Sella contends that during the State’s closing argument, the trial court erred by overruling his objection to a rhetorical question asked by the State which Sella argues was a comment on his failure to testify. Finding no error, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
Sella was stopped for erratic driving at…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Mosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
- Wesbrook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Patrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
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