Legal Opinion · Dissent

Lacy v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 29, 1967No. 40821Published

1Dissent

DISSENTING OPINION

ONION, Judge.

In his exhaustive and well briefed motion for rehearing appellant vigorously takes this Court to task and urges that the Court erred in its original opinion when it stated:

“In his ground of error #4, appellant complains of the court’s failure to limit the jury’s consideration of the evidence of the extraneous offenses and other acts of misconduct in his charge on the issue of guilt or innocence.
“We perceive no error, as it is the rule that evidence which goes to prove one of the main issues need not be limited. Lane v. State, 111 Tex.Cr.R. 367, 12 S.W.2d 1027;…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Wiley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  2. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  3. Arcos v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930
  4. Gill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
  5. Moss v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963

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