Legal Opinion

Morgan v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided April 12, 1995No. 01-94-00041-CRPublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

OLIVER-PARROTT, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Lorenzo Morgan, appellant, of aggravated robbery. Appellant requested the frial court assess punishment and pled “true” to two enhancement allegations. The frial court found the enhancement allegations to be true and sentenced appellant to 45 years confinement.

Appellant raises four points of error attacking the trial court’s ruling that the State would be allowed to impeach appellant’s testimony with prior felony convictions, pursuant to Tex.R.Crim.Evid. 609. We affirm.

Background

The State introduced evidence that appellant approached the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Luce v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Taylor v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1988

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Lopez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1999
  2. State v. RaydoSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
  3. Johnson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1998
  4. Brent v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1995
  5. Long v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2007

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