Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1/21/2004

Garcia v. State

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126 S.W.3d 921
2004 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 68
2004 WL 97632

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holding that reference to defendant’s statement already in evidence was not an improper comment on his failure to testify
holding that appellant waived his post-arrest right to silence when he agreed to give a written statement
holding that appellant waived his post-arrest right to silence when he agreed to give a written statement
holding that failure to provide a rationale for interpreting state constitution more broadly than federal constitution and failure to provide separate substantive analysis for state ground forfeits state ground
concluding that when the prosecutor told the jury that defense counsel’s arguments were “hogwash,” the prosecutor was merely stating, in colorful language, his opinion regarding the merits of defense counsel's arguments
concluding that prosecutor’s statement that defense counsel was “going to argue that hogwash that you’ve heard” was “plainly directed at defense counsel’s theories and arguments in the case” and was therefore proper

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Judges: Holcomb, Keller, Meyers, Price, Womack, Johnson, Keasler, Cochran, Heryey

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