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Gordon v. State

Citations

  • 633 S.W.2d 872
  • 1982 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 923

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  • holding that the trial court’s truthful answer to the jury’s question inquiring whether the sentences would run consecutively or concurrently was not improper
  • finding that consent was secured by fraud where defendant entered on the pretense of needing to use the phone
  • defendant gained entry into residence under pretense of using the telephone; entry was secured by fraud, negating effective consent
  • defendant gained entry into residence under pretense of using the telephone; entry was secured by fraud, negating effective consent
  • effective consent is not present when defendant gained entrance under pretext of wanting to use the phone
  • effective consent is not present when defendant gained entrance to victim’s home under pretext of wanting to use the phone

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Odom, Davis, Clinton

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