Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 9/13/1989

Harris v. State

Citations

784 S.W.2d 5
1989 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 164
1989 WL 104645

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holding that an instruction to disregard would cure error where the prosecutor stated that, in his opinion, the jury should answer “yes” to a special issue submitted during the punishment phase
concluding juror who would afford more weight to police officer’s testimony but also stated he could be fair and impartial was qualified to serve
reiterating that statements made in voir dire are not evidence
finding venire member qualified to serve after venire member stated he would tend to give more weight to police officer's testimony than to another witness's testimony, but also stated he could be fair and decide case on merits
prosecutor did not err by arguing that family, police, and people of county knew that there was only one proper verdict in case
typographical error indicating that arrest warrant was issued one year before offense did not vitiate arrest warrant

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Judges: Miller, Clinton, Teague

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