Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 10/21/1987

Ex Parte Patterson

Citations

740 S.W.2d 766
1987 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 676
1987 WL 997

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holding that submission of the special issue “cannot vitiate the conviction and sentence, for it did not impact upon the determination of applicant’s guilt or length of sentence.”
explaining that defendant had no prior indication that the nature of the weapon used was to be a particular issue in the case and was blindsided at trial
explaining that defendant had no prior indication that the nature of the weapon used was to be a particular issue in the case and was blindsided at trial
trial court committed egregious that particular paragraph is again included in the error in submitting the special issue of use or exhibition of deadly weapon in the absence of a pleading by the State
“This provision gives statutory substance to the right conferred in Article I, § 10 of the Texas Constitution to have a grand jury screening before a person may ‘be held to answer for a criminal offense’ of the magnitude of felony.”

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