Legal Opinion

Courtney v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 26, 1987No. 09 85 173 CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice.

A jury found Appellant guilty of burglary of a habitation, and the judge assessed punishment at twenty years in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant has perfected appeal to this Court.

Point of error number one:

“The trial court committed reversible error by denying Appellant’s specially requested cautionary instruction number one, namely, ‘You have heard testimony that the complainant, Marilyn Ashlock, is a narcotics addict or Methamphetamine abuser. You are instructed that you should examine her testimony with greater caution than that of an ordinary…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Sanders v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Thomas v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1984
  4. United States v. Howard Dale Bernard, United States of America v. Ralph Maurice Comstock, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
  5. Fletcher v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946

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