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Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 9/16/1998

Carroll v. State

Citations

  • 975 S.W.2d 630
  • 1998 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 110
  • 1998 WL 618789

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that when a defendant pleads guilty in front of a trial court, the court conducts a unitary trial in which parties introduce evidence to enable the court to “intelligently . . . exercise discretion in the assessment of punishment”
  • holding that when a defendant pleads guilty in front of a trial court, the court conducts a unitary trial in which parties introduce evidence to enable the court to ―intelligently . . . exercise discretion in the assessment of punishment‖
  • holding that when a defendant pleads guilty in front of a trial court, the court conducts a unitary trial in which parties introduce evidence to enable the court to “intelligently . . . exercise discretion in the assessment of punishment”
  • explaining that after defendant enters guilty plea, proceeding “becomes a ‘unitary trial’ to determine the remaining issue of punishment” (quoting Ricondo v. State, 634 S.W.2d 837, 841 (Tex. Crim. App. 1982) (op. on reh’g))
  • explaining that after defendant enters guilty plea, proceeding “becomes a ‘unitary trial’ to determine the remaining issue of punishment” (quoting Ricondo v. State, 634 S.W.2d 837, 841 (Tex. Crim. App. 1982) (op. on reh’g))
  • explaining that after defendant enters guilty plea, proceeding “becomes a ‘unitary trial’ to determine 3 the remaining issue of punishment” (quoting Ricondo v. State, 634 S.W.2d 837, 841 (Tex. Crim. App. 1982) (op. on reh’g))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Mecormick, Meyers, Mansfield, Keller, Price, Holland, Womack, Baird, Overstreet

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