Legal Opinion

Trevino v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 5, 1978No. 54148PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of burglary; the punishment, which is enhanced by two prior convictions, is imprisonment for life.

In two grounds of error the appellant asserts that the trial court would not allow his counsel to make a proper inquiry of jury panel members during the voir dire examination. He argues that he could not properly use his peremptory strikes since the court would not let him ask the prospective jurors whether they would give more weight and credit to the testimony of law enforcement officers, merely because they were law…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  2. Abron v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. Mathis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
  5. Plair v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Howard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  2. Esquivel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  4. Clark v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  5. Aranda v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1982

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