Legal Opinion

Wade v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 27, 1989No. Nos. 05-88-00317-CR, 05-88-00318-CRPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

BURNETT, Justice.

Walter Wade, Jr., appeals the punishment assessed by the jury for two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under fourteen. Wade pled guilty to both counts and was sentenced by the jury to fifty years’ confinement for each offense. In his first two points of error, Wade contends that the opinion testimony of the State’s expert witness as to whether Wade was a good candidate for probation and whether a prison sentence would benefit the victim was improperly admitted. In his third point of error, Wade argues that he was denied a fair trial by the State’s improper jury…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Morris v. SlappySupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  3. McGowan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. Coe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  5. Hopkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Negrini v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1993

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