Legal Opinion
Samuel v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 20, 1985No. 1064-83PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
CLINTON, Judge.
Appellant was found guilty by a jury of the offense of forgery. Having also been found to be an habitual offender, appellant was assessed a life sentence. The Dallas Court of Appeals in an unpublished opinion reversed the conviction and remanded the case for a new trial.
The court of appeals ruled that evidence of appellant’s silence during a vigilante arrest was admitted in violation of State law, and found this error not to be harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Fletcher v. WeirSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Zillender v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Nelson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Hardinge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Bob v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Heidelberg v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
- Waldo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
- Eisenhauer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
- Wright v. QuartermanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
- Ajisebutu v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2007
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