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Jackson v. State

Citations

  • 680 S.W.2d 809
  • 1984 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 805

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a trial court abuses its discretion when it imposes a sentence upon a defendant without having any factual basis for that sentence
  • stating it is “the general rule that as long as a sentence is within the proper range of punishment it will not be disturbed on appeal.”

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Judges: Miller, McCormick

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