Legal Opinion

Fairfield v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 28, 1981No. 65394PublishedCited by 383 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

Upon his entry of a plea of guilty before a jury, appellant was convicted for committing aggravated rape,' and his punishment was assessed at forty three years confinement; from that conviction, appellant prosecutes this appeal.

In seven grounds of error, appellant complains of the trial court’s refusals to, respectively, “set aside” his plea of guilty and instruct a verdict of not guilty, apply the law of venue to the facts of the case, and sustain other objections to the charge; additionally, appellant claims that the trial court included a comment on the weight of the…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Garcia v. DialCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. Dinnery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. Zillender v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  4. Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  5. Clark v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977

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3Cited by383 opinions

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  5. Holland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988

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