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Garza v. State

Citations

  • 2 S.W.3d 331
  • 1999 WL 300681

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating, “[S]ince same transaction contextual evidence is not offered as evidence against a defendant, but simply to explain the circumstances of the offense, a reasonable doubt instruction is not required.”
  • testimony of failure to identify was transactional contextual evidence in intoxicated manslaughter case
  • “Although the jury may use the [same transaction contextual] evidence to assess the defendant’s character, by holding that a limiting instruction is not required, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has already decided that we should not concern ourselves with that possibility.”
  • reviewing an adjudication of guilt

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Judges: Hardberger, Stone, Duncan

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