Legal Opinion
Coleman v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 22, 1982No. 61979PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DALLY, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of murder. The punishment is imprisonment for fifty years.
The appellant asserts: (1) his written confession was improperly admitted in evidence; (2) exculpatory evidence was suppressed; (3) the court erroneously refused to instruct the jury on specific intent to kill; (4) the court erroneously refused to instruct the jury that the State was bound by exculpatory statements of the appellant it introduced unless disproved; (5) the exculpatory statements were not disproved; (6) the prosecutor made improper jury argument.
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2Cases cited30 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Taylor v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Quinones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Self v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Dunn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
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