Legal Opinion

Cuddy v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided April 18, 2003No. 06-02-00152-CRPublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

After a jury trial, Steven Ray Cuddy was convicted of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and was sentenced to twenty-five years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. On appeal, Cuddy brings the following points of error: (1) the evidence was legally insufficient to support his conviction; (2) during closing argument, the State improperly commented on Cuddy’s failure to testify; and (3) the trial court erred by admitting penitentiary packets (pen packets) during the punishment phase…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Reed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  2. Short v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  3. Reeves v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  4. Cawthon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  5. Gaffney v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1996

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Sharp v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2006
  2. Michael Lee Stout v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2012
  3. Dusty Dean v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2014
  4. Priscilla Sanders v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2015
  5. Allen Pena A/K/A Alan Pena v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2013

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