Legal Opinion

Curlin v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 6, 1974No. 48086PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of robbery. Appellant entered a plea of guilty and a jury assessed his punishment at fifteen years.

First, appellant contends that the trial court erred in not granting his motion for a mistrial when one of the State’s witnesses interjected extraneous offenses into the record.

The court admonished appellant pursuant to the requirements of Article 26.13, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., and accepted his plea to the robbery. The State proceeded to prove up its case through the use of various witnesses. Officer T. C. Sewell, a detective for…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Chaffin v. StynchcombeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  4. Casias v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  5. Joseph N. Gremillion v. C. Murray Henderson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Arthur Jackson, Jr. v. State of Alabama, Jasper Lee Cooks v. Circuit Court of Mobile CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  3. Evans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  4. Fisher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975

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