Legal Opinion
Carter v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 5, 1974No. 48544PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REYNOLDS, Commissioner.
The appealed conviction is for embezzlement committed on or about May S, 1971. The punishment, following a jury finding that appellant had been convicted of two prior non-capital felony offenses, was fixed at life imprisonment under Article 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C.
In the enhancement portion of the indictment, it was alleged that appellant had two prior final felony convictions, one on April 20, 1962, and the other on December 4, 1969. Declaring his right to appeal pro se without renouncing the contention asserted by his appointed appellate counsel, whom appellant…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Arbuckle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937
- Easley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
- Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Dunn v. RiveraSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lawhon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Ex Parte WilliamsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Albert H. Carter v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Ex Parte MurchisonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
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