Legal Opinion

Curry v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 20, 1971No. 43602PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, death.

Appellant’s first seven grounds of error relate to the court’s charge to the jury on the guilt-innocence phase of the trial. All of appellant’s objections to the charge, which are included in the statement of facts, were made orally. Such objections are not sufficient to preserve error for review by this Court. See Arts. 36.14 and 36.19, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., and Seefurth v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 422 S.W.2d 931. However, in light of the penalty assessed in this case, we will briefly discuss each of these contentions.

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Seefurth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  4. Morales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  5. Garner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Easter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  2. Tezeno v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Corbett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  4. State v. SmithWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Suff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976

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