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Cantu v. State

Citations

  • 939 S.W.2d 627
  • 1997 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 118
  • 1997 WL 31618

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that in reviewing the constitutionality of a statute, we view the statute as applied to appellant only
  • holding that defendant must object in order to preserve error where indictment not read and plea entered in jury's presence
  • holding that in reviewing the constitutionality of a statute, we view the statute as applied to appellant only
  • holding that there is no significant difference between the Eighth Amendment’s protections and those provided by Article 1, Section 13
  • holding that defendant must object in order to preserve error where indictment not read and plea entered in jury’s presence
  • holding that argument is extreme or manifestly improper if there was willful and calculated effort on prosecutor’s part to deprive appellant of fair and impartial trial

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Judges: Mansfield, Overstreet, Keller, Womack

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