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Jimenez v. State

Citations

  • 240 S.W.3d 384
  • 2007 WL 2462011

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that objection is required to preserve complaint of prosecutorial misconduct and citing Cockrell v. State, 933 S.W.2d 73, 89 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996
  • holding that, when misconduct “so infected the trial with unfairness as to make the resulting conviction a denial of due process,” error preservation may not be required
  • “To preserve error in cases involving prosecutorial misconduct, the defendant must (1) make a timely and specific objection; (2) request an instruction that the jury disregard the matter improperly placed before the jury; and (3) move for a mistrial.”
  • upholding convictions for felony murder and injury to child
  • upholding convictions for felony murder and injury to child

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Judges: Puryear, Pemberton, Waldrop

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