Legal Opinion

Garrett v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 20, 1988No. 642-83PublishedCited by 196 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S AND STATE’S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

By its verdict the jury found appellant “guilty of murder as charged in the indictment.” Appellant was duly convicted, and her punishment assessed by the trial court at thirty five years confinement.

The. cause was appealed to the San Antonio Court of Appeals, which reversed the conviction on the basis of unassigned fundamental error in the trial court’s charge to the jury at the conclusion of the guilt phase of the trial. Garrett v. State, 624 S.W.2d 953 (Tex.App. — San Antonio 1981). The court of appeals held…

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2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  4. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by196 opinions

  1. Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Stephens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  4. Berry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Blankenship v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989

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