Legal Opinion
Hall v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 30, 2001No. 878-00PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
The opinion was delivered
2Per curiam
Hall received a life sentence for aggravated sexual assault. The Court of Appeals held that during the closing argument of the punishment phase, the State improperly commented on Hall’s failure to testify.1 As a result, the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded this case to the trial court for a new punishment hearing.2
We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review to address whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding that there was a comment on Hall’s failure to testify. We have determined that our decision to grant review was improvident.…
3Cases cited1 opinion
- Hall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2000
4Cited by31 opinions
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- Anthony Washington v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2010
- Ashley Lyn Farmer v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2006
- Bobby Jo Mitchell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2004
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