Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 12, 1940No. 21163Published

1Opinion

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant again complains of the trial court’s action in al*136lowing the reading to the jury of the third count in the indictment in which a conviction for an offense of burglary had been also alleged in an effort to enhance the penalty in this forgery case, and also of the fact that in qualifying the jury the State’s attorney asked the jury relative to the presence of any prejudice in their minds against the law enhancing the punishment of a second offender.

We do not see what reason, if any, the said attorney could have had in questioning the jury relative…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Harbert v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
  2. Spadachene v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938

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