Legal Opinion

Sanders v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 21, 1970No. 42532PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is robbery by assault with a firearm; the punishment, 75 years.

In his first three grounds of error appellant complains of the admission into evidence of two extraneous offenses of robbery occurring on the same date as the instant offense. Such evidence was offered to rebut the defensive theory that he was under a psychomotor seizure at the time of the robbery for which he was on trial.

These same grounds of error were advanced by appellant in Sanders v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 449 S.W.2d 262. The admission of the extraneous offenses in the case at bar occurred in…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Fuller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  2. Wenck v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  3. Langhorn, Jr. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926
  4. Sanders v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  5. Walthall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Holley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  2. Ex Parte SandersCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  3. Ex Parte SandersCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  4. King v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2017

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