Ex parte Cottrell

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• presentence investigation reports cannot be used in aggravation to determine length of sentence but may be used only in determining amount of sentence to probate
• right to make final argument is important right and harm is presumed when it is erroneously abridged; however, the presumption is not absolute and the error may be shown to be harmless

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