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Huizar v. State

Citations

  • 12 S.W.3d 479
  • 2000 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 20
  • 2000 WL 202053

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that, if extraneous evidence is offered during the punishment phase, the trial court must sua sponte provide a reasonable doubt instruction
  • holding that, if extraneous evidence is offered during the punishment phase, the trial court must sua sponte provide a reasonable doubt instruction
  • holding that trial court has sua sponte duty to instruct based on statutory provision requiring proof of extraneous-offense evidence “beyond a reasonable doubt”
  • holding that the burden-of-proof instruction is required in the jury charge if the jury is to consider prior bad-act evidence
  • concluding that trial court must instruct jury at punishment phase in all non-capital cases that State must prove any extraneous offenses beyond reasonable doubt, even in absence of request or objection
  • holding that article 37.07 of Code of Criminal Procedure requires trial court to instruct jury on burden of proof for extraneous offenses, irrespective of whether instruction was requested

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Judges: Meyers, Mansfield

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