Legal Opinion
Allen v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 4, 1985No. 271-84PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*926OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
ONION, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of aggravated rape. The jury assessed his punishment at 30 years’ imprisonment.
On appeal appellant advanced five grounds of error. The first three grounds of error read:
“The trial court erred in not allowing testimony of the prosecutrix’s prior sexual activity to refute the misleading testimony elicited by the State.
“The trial court erred in excluding evidence of the prosecutrix’s prior sexual activity which evidence was material to the defensive theory of consent.
“The trial court erred in…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Villalon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
- Stephens v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1998
- Wisdom v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Wofford v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1995
- Buckley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
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