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Laws v. State

Citations

  • 549 S.W.2d 738
  • 1977 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1095

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that the prosecutor is entitled to present evidence that tends to refute the defensive theory of the accused and the evidence introduced in support of it
  • recognizing that the prosecutor is entitled to present evidence that tends to refute the defensive theory of the accused and the evidence introduced in support of it
  • determining that instructions on mistaken identity would constitute improper comments on the weight of the evidence
  • overruling complaint that the State’s rebuttal evidence did not relate to defensive theories

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Douglas, Roberts

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